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Lester Frank Ward
American scientist and sociologist (1841–1913)
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Lester Ward, age 43 | |
| Born | Lester Frank Ward (1841-06-18)June 18, 1841 Joliet, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | April 18, 1913(1913-04-18) (aged 71) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
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| Known for | Paleobotany, Telesis, sociology, and the introduction of sociology as field of higher education |
| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Carolyn Vought (Lizzie); Rosamond Asenath Simons |
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Lester Frank Ward (June 18, 1841 – April 18, 1913) was an American botanist, paleontologist, and sociologist.[1] The first president of the American Sociological Association, James Q. Dealey characterized Ward as a "great pioneer" in the development of American sociology, with contemporaries referring to him as "the Nestor of American sociologists".[2] His 1883 work Dynamic Sociology was influential in estab
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Lester Frank Ward papers (Ms.90.23)
Biographical/Historical note
Lester Frank Ward was born in 1841 as the youngest of a poor Illinois farmer's ten children. From these humble beginnings he rose to international prominence as a scientist and scholar.
Ward received little formal education until after the Civil War, when he entered government service in Washington, D.C. Subsequently he attended Columbian College, earning a B.A. degree in 1869, an LL.B. in 1871, and an M.A. in botany in 1871.
He joined the Department of the Interior's U. S. Geological Survey team in 1881 as an assistant geologist in charge of paleobotany. When he left government employment twenty-five years later, he had advanced to the rank of chief paleontologist and, concurrently, had commenced the career as a teacher and writer which in 1906 brought him to Brown University as a professor of sociology. He died in 1913.
His chief publications include Dynamic Sociology (1883), which embodies his influential evo
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Record Unit 7321
Descriptive Entry
This collection consists primarily of incoming and outgoing correspondence documenting Lester Frank Ward's paleobotanical research and his work as Honorary Curator in charge of the United States National Museum (USNM) collection of fossil plants. Also included are letters concerning his official duties with the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The correspondence concerns the acquisition and identification of specimens; the preparation and publication of scientific manuscripts; field work and expeditions; and administrative matters. Ward corresponded with most of the prominent paleobotanists of the late nineteenth century including Leo Lesquereux, John Strong Newberry, and Arthur Hollick. Other correspondents include USNM and USGS scientific and administrative personal and personnel of domestic and utländsk museums, universities, and research institutions. The correspondence does not touch upon Ward's sociological theories and writings. Researc