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The Father of Sociology is __________ .

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Emile Durkheim
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August Comte
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Max Weber
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Karl Marx
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The correct option is B August Comte
August Comte is an important French philosopher. He is the first Social Philosopher. He is called as ‘the father of Sociology’. He studied society scientifically and provided the status of science for Sociology. This effort of August Comte was strongly supported by Hebert Spencer, Emile Durkheim, Max Weber and others. Comte used the word “Sociology’ for the first time while delivering a public lecture on ‘Positive Philosophy’.

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