Edward C. Hayes, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Edward C. Hayes

American sociologist

Date of Birth: 10-Feb-1868

Place of Birth: Lewiston, Maine, United States

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1928

Profession: university teacher, sociologist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Edward C. Hayes

  • Edward Cary Hayes (1868–1928) was a pioneer in American sociology and was a founder and president of the American Sociological Association. Edward Cary Hayes was born on February 10, 1868 in Lewiston, Maine to Professor Benjamin Francis Hayes.
  • He received a bachelor's degree from Bates College and then studied at the Cobb Divinity School.
  • He then became a pastor in Augusta, Maine until 1896 (his views clashed with the congregation) when he became a Dean at Keuka College.
  • In 1899 he enrolled at the University of Chicago to study philosophy but soon began to study sociology.
  • He studied under Albion Small and alongside George Herbert Mead, John Dewey and James Tufts.
  • Hayes then spent a year in Germany at the University of Berlin, where he studied with Georg Schmoller, Adolph Wagner, Friedrich Paulsen, Alfred Vierkandt and Georg Simmel.
  • Hayes was one of the pioneers promoting in bringing sociology into the American educational system.
  • He received his doctorate in 1902.
  • Colby-Bates-Bowdoin Chase Regatta Hayes went on to teach at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio and the University of Illinois.
  • He wrote many books and articles including, Introduction to the Study of Sociology (1915) and Sociology and Ethics (1921).
  • Hayes attended the first meeting of the American Sociological Association in 1905 and became one of its most influential founding members.
  • He served on the Society’s Committee of Ten, selected to create a universal model for schools’ undergraduate introductory sociology courses.
  • Hayes was elected Second Vice President of the American Sociological Association in 1919, First Vice President in 1920, and became its eleventh President in 1921.
  • He died in Urbana, Illinois in 1928.

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