Frank Wilson Blackmar (November 3, 1854 – March 30, 1931) was an American sociologist, historian and educator. He served as the 9th President of the American Sociological Society (now known as the American Sociological Association).

Biography

He was born on November 3, 1854 in Springfield Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania. Before earning a Ph.D. in 1889 at the

Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University (Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, or JHU) is a private research university in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1876, Johns Hopkins is the oldest research university in the United States and in the western hemisphere. It consi ...

in Baltimore, he was a professor of mathematics in the University of the Pacific (1881–1886). After he became a professor of history and sociology at the

University of Kansas The University of Kansas (KU) is a public research university with its main campus in Lawrence, Kansas, United States, and several satellite campuses, research and educational centers, medical centers, and classes across the state of Kansas. T ...

. Ten years later he was made professor of sociology and economics at the same university. He became active in the university extension movement throughout the

western United States The Western United States (also called the American West, the Far West, and the West) is the region comprising the westernmost states of the United States. As American settlement in the U.S. expanded westward, the meaning of the term ''the We ...

, writing and lecturing on history, sociology and economics. He was elected dean when the graduate school of the University of Kansas was organized in 1896. He wrote several books of local history, handbooks of economy and some political pamphlets. He died on March 30, 1931 in Lawrence, Kansas.

Main works

* ''Spanish Colonization of the Southwest'', 1890 ; 1891. * ''The Story of Human Progress'', 1896. * ''History of Higher Education in Kansas'', 1900 . * ''Life of Charles Robinson'', 1900. * ''Elements of Sociology'', 1907. * ''Economics for Colleges'', 1907. * ''Economics for High Schools'', 1907. *

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* * * 1854 births 1931 deaths American education writers American social sciences writers American sociologists Johns Hopkins University alumni Presidents of the American Sociological Association University of Kansas faculty University of the Pacific (United States) faculty American historians {{US-sociologist-stub