Gunning Bedford Sr. was an American lawyer and politician from New Castle, in New Castle County, Delaware. He was an officer in the Continental Army during the American Revolution, and a member of the Federalist Party, who served in the Delaware General Assembly and as Governor of Delaware. He is often confused with his cousin, Gunning Bedford Jr., who was a delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention of 1787.
Ãmile Durkheim was a French sociologist whose major contribution was establishing sociology as a major science. Along with Max Weber and Karl Marx, Durkheim is responsible for establishing social science and social psychology as an academic discipline within the college setting.
Classical Sociological Theory: A Summary. 1  Mathieu Deflem. 2  Additional notes on: 3  EMILE DURKHEIM (1858-1917): THE SCIENCE OF SOCIETY AS MORAL ORDER. 4  GEORG SIMMEL (1858-1918): THE FORMS OF SOCIAL LIFE. 5  GEORGE HERBERT MEAD (1863-1931): MIND, SELF, SOCIETY. 6  See related papers on sociological theory.