Small, Albion W.

Small, Albion W. (Woodbury) (1854–1926) sociologist; born in Buckfield, Maine. He taught history and political economy at Colby College (Maine) before serving as its president (1889–91). He then went to the University of Chicago (1892–1926), where as founding chairman he developed the nation's first sociology department into a major academic center. He came to be regarded as a founder of American sociology, launching and editing the American Journal of Sociology (1895–1926) and publishing more than 300 articles and books, including General Sociology (1905) and Between Eras: From Capitalism to Democracy (1913).