1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
TARDE, GABRIEL (1843-1004), French sociologist, was born at Sarlat (Dordogne) in 1843. Entering the legal profession, he was for some time a juge d'instruction in his native town, becoming afterwards head of the statistical department of the ministry of justice. He also held the professorship of modern philosophy at the College de France in Paris, and was elected a member of the Academic des sciences morales et politiques in 1900. Attracted to the study of criminology by the opportunities of his profession, he grad…
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