Antedating of "Sociology"

[Fred Shapiro]

sociology (OED 1843)

1842 _New York Review_ Jan. 152 (American Periodical Series)  Thus Comte
arrives at the five following great divisions of science: astronomy,
natural philosophy, chemistry, physiology, and sociology.

Fred Shapiro


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