When is Émile Durkheim's birthday?

Émile Durkheim's birthday is April 15. He was born on April 15, 1858 in Épinal, France.

How old was Émile Durkheim when he died?

Émile Durkheim died on November 15, 1917, aged 59.

Who shares a birthday with Émile Durkheim?

Famous people who share Émile Durkheim's April 15 birthday include Leonardo da Vinci, Leonhard Euler, Nikita Khrushchev, Kim Il-sung and Emma Watson.

Philosophy · Scholarship · 1858–1917

Émile Durkheim — Age, Birthday & Biography

Born: 15 April 1858 · Died: 15 November 1917 · Age: 59

French scholar who founded academic sociology, studied suicide statistically and wrote The Division of Labour in Society

Did you know?He established the first European department of sociology and founded one of the earliest academic journals dedicated to the subject.

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Date of birth15 April 1858
Date of death15 November 1917
Age at death59
Cause of deathCerebral hemorrhage
NationalityFrench
BirthplaceÉpinal, France
Occupationanthropologist, philosopher, sociologist

Editor's Take:

Émile Durkheim helped turn sociology into a proper academic discipline. He argued that society shapes individuals in ways they rarely notice. In his study Suicide he showed that suicide rates rise and fall with social ties. He coined the idea of anomie, a sense of normlessness in fast-changing societies. He studied religion as a force that binds groups together. He set out rules for studying social facts scientifically. He founded France's first university course in sociology and an important journal. His ideas still guide research today.

Key Milestones

1887: Bordeaux – teaching
1893: Division of Labour – book
1895: Rules of Method – book
1897: Suicide – book

David Émile Durkheim (French: or; 15 April 1858 – 15 November 1917) was a French sociologist. He formally established the academic discipline of sociology and is commonly cited as one of the principal architects of modern social science, along with Karl Marx and Max Weber.

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Émile Durkheim: The Father of Sociology

French sociologist, 1858–1917

Émile Durkheim was born in Épinal on 15 April 1858.

The Division of Labour in Society appeared in 1893.

Suicide followed in 1897.

The Elementary Forms of Religious Life appeared in 1912.

Career highlights

1887Bordeaux: teaching
1893Division of Labour: book
1895Rules of Method: book
1897Suicide: book
1912Elementary Forms: book

Did you know?He founded the journal L'Année sociologique in 1898.

Age at death: 59
Years since death: 108

Family

Spouse: Louise Dreyfus

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