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Birth: April 15, 1858 (Épinal, France)
Death: November 15, 1917 (Paris, France)
Spouse: Louise Dreyfus

A French sociologist who developed the academic discipline of sociology with the combination of his practical research and the theory of sociology.

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Durkheim was born to a Jewish family but it was taken advantage of as many believed he would be a religious or spiritual leader of Judaism, taking the occupation after his father.

By the time Durkheim won the entrance to École Normale, his religious beliefs, and reliance disappeared.

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His education gave a major impact on his achievements. Durkheim was academically successful in Lycée Louis le Grand. He took the role of a powerful candidate in École Normale Supérieure, which is one of the most prestigious and critically demanding graduate schools in Paris.

Durkheim had an interest in science, which then led him to study social science.

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When Durkheim took his examination in Institut Jauffret, he met Jean Jaurés, a young talented man who influenced Durkheim after winning the entrance to École Normale which Durkheim won a year after.

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- Social facts should be studied based on the relating concept to other social facts.

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The Division of Labor in Society
- Includes Moral Density

Published in 1893
Written in French

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“Émile Durkheim.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 11 Apr. 2021, www.britannica.com/biography/Emile-Durkheim. date accessed 05/31/2021

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He gave an expression of being the one initiating the true science behind sociology.

Q -  How may one study an object that, from the very beginning, conditions and relates to the observer?

Durkheim responds relation between the object and observer should be impersonal and impartial, or not taken and given emotionally.