Frank W. Blackmar

Frank Wilson Blackmar (November 3, 1854 in Springfield Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania – March 30, 1931 in Lawrence, Kansas) 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).

Before earning a Ph.D. in 1889 at the Johns Hopkins University 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. Ten years later he was made professor of sociology and economics at the same university. He was elected dean when the graduate school of the University of Kansas was organized in 1896.^[1] He wrote several books of local history, handbooks of economy and some political pamphlets.

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.

Source

• Frank W. Blackmar (ed.), "Frank W. Blackmar", in Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc., with a supplementary volume devoted to selected personal history and reminiscence, Standard Pub. Co. Chicago : 1912.

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