One of the formative theorists, '''Émile Durkheim''' (1858-1917) was a [[French]] scholar known as the 'Father of [[Sociology]]'; his life work helped sociology to become established as a reputable social science. Unlike some of his contemporaries however, it was his expressed purpose to develop sociology as a discipline. This is evident through his work ''The Rules of the Sociological Method''(1895).
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One of the formative theorists, '''Émile Durkheim''' (1858-1917) was a [[French]] scholar known as the 'Father of [[Sociology]]'; his life work helped sociology to become established as a reputable social science. Unlike some of his contemporaries however, it was his expressed purpose to develop sociology as a discipline. This is evident through his work ''The Rules of the Sociological Method'' (1895).