Charles Abram Ellwood (January 20, 1873 near

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– September 25, 1946) was one of the leading

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sociologists of the

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period, studying

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and

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s and using many multidisciplinary methods. He argued that sociology should play a role in directing

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through

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Biography

He graduated from

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in 1896 and studied also at the Universities of

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and

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. For one year he was lecturer and instructor at the

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and in 1900 became professor of sociology at the

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. He became also advisory editor of the ''

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'' and associate editor of the ''

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''. In 1904 he served as president of the Missouri Confederated Charities. He was the fourteenth

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of the

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in 1924. He spent the first 30 years of his career and rose to national prominence at the University of Missouri-Columbia before a 15-year tenure at

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. An excerpt from the Missouri University (MU) Sociology Web site reads:

Publications

* ''Sociology and Modern Social Problems'' (1910) * ''Sociology in its Psychological Aspects'' (1912; French trans., 1914) * ''The Social Problem: A Constructive Analysis'' (1917) He also monographs and special articles on social psychology.

Notes

References

Biography at ASA

External links

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''Sociology and Modern Social Problems''
at

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ellwood, Charles A. American sociologists Revolution theorists 1873 births 1946 deaths University of Missouri faculty Duke University faculty Presidents of the American Sociological Association Cornell University alumni