What is Werner Sombart?
{{Infobox scientist | name = Werner Sombart | image = Nicola Perscheid - Werner Sombart vor 1930.jpg | caption = A 1930 photograph of Sombart, by Nicola Perscheid | birth_date = {{birth date|1863|1|19|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Ermsleben]], [[Germany]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1941|5|18|1863|1|19|df=y}} | death_place = [[Berlin]] | nationality = [[Image:Flag of Germany.svg|20px|]] [[Germany|German]] | field = [[economics]], [[sociology]], [[history]] | work_institution = [[University of Wrocław|University of Breslau]]<br />Handelshochschule Berlin<br /> [[Frederick William University]] }} '''Werner Sombart''' (January 19, 1863–May 18, 1941) was a [[Germany|German]] [[economics|economist]] and [[sociology|sociologist]] and was an important social scientist to Europe during the early 20th century. == Life and work== Sombart was born in [[Ermsleben]], [[Harz]]. He was the son of Anton Ludwig Sombart, a rich [[liberal]] [[politician]], [[industrialist]]. Werner studied at the [[university|universities]] in [[Pisa]], [[Berlin]], and [[Rome]], learning both [[law]] and [[economics]]. In 1888, he received his [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] from Berlin. {{wikiquote}} {{bio-stub}} {{Social and political philosophy}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Sombart, Werner}} [[Category:1863 births]] [[Category:1941 deaths]] [[Category:German academics]] [[Category:German economists]] [[Category:German sociologists]] [[Category:Writers from Saxony-Anhalt]]