Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1841, June 14 | Born, Joliet, Ill. |
| 1861 | Entered the Susquehanna Collegiate Institute, Susquehanna, Pa. |
| 1862-1864 | Served in the Pennsylvania Volunteers; wounded at the battle of Chancellorsville |
| 1865 | Worked at the Treasury Department, Washington, D.C. |
| 1872 | Graduated from Columbian College, Washington, D.C., with three degrees |
| 1881 | Chief, Division of Fossil Plants, United States Geological Survey |
| 1883 | Published Dynamic Sociology (New York: D. Appleton and Co. 2 vols.) |
| 1893 | Published The Psychic Factors of Civilization (Boston: Ginn and Co. 369 pp.) |
| 1898 | Published Outlines of Sociology (New York: Macmillan. 301 pp.) |
| 1903 | Published Pure Sociology (New York: Macmillan. 607 pp.) |
| 1906 | Published Applied Sociology (Boston: Ginn and Co. 384 pp.) |
| 1906-1913 | Professor of Sociology, Brown University, Providence, R.I. |
| 1906 | President, American Sociological Association |
| 1913, Apr. 18 | Died, Washington, D.C. |