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george dana boardman pepper beniah longley whitman 12 february 1926 buckfield , maine chicago , illinois president of colby college founder university of chicago of the school of social science at the 11 may 1854 1889 albion woodbury small.png albion woodbury small
 1892 albion woodbury small ph.d. , 1889 , johns hopkins university
albion woodbury small

albion woodbury small -lrb- may 11 , 1854 -- march 24 , 1926 -rrb- founded the first department of sociology in the united states at the university of chicago in chicago , illinois in 1892 .
he was influential in the establishment of sociology as a valid field of academic study .
small was born in buckfield , maine and grew up in bangor , maine .
he studied theology from 1876 to 1879 at the andover newton theological school .
from 1879 to 1881 he studied at the university of leipzig and the university of berlin in germany history , social economics and politics .
from 1888 to 1889 he studied history at the johns hopkins university in baltimore , maryland and was promoted in 1889 with a ph.d. thesis -lrb- `` the beginnings of american nationality '' -rrb- at the same time continuing to teach at colby college .
from 1889-1892 he was the 10th president of colby .
in 1892 he founded the first department of sociology at the university of chicago .
he chaired this department for over 30 years .
in 1894 he , along with george e. vincent , published the first textbook in sociology : an introduction to the study of society .
in 1895 he established the american journal of sociology .
from 1905 to 1925 he served as dean of the graduate school of arts and literature at the university of chicago .
