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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1864-08-17 ) August 17, 1864, Ann Arbor, Michigan , U.S.
- Died
- May 7, 1929 (1929-05-07) (aged 65), Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.
- Spouse
- Elsie Cooley ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1890 )
- Parents
- Mary Horton Thomas M. Cooley
- Alma mater
- University of Michigan
- Thesis
- The Theory of Transportation (1894)
- Influences
- James Mark Baldwin Charles Darwin John Dewey Ralph Waldo Emerson William James George Herbert Mead Charles A. Ellwood
- Discipline
- Sociology
- School or tradition
- Pragmatism symbolic interactionism
- Institutions
- University of Michigan
- Notable works
- Human Nature and the Social Order (1902) Social Organization (1909)
- Notable ideas
- Looking-glass self
- Influenced
- Harry Stack Sullivan
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Charles
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Ann Arbor
- Place of death
- Ann Arbor
- Occupation
- economist
- Employer
- University of Michigan
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Field of work
- sociology
- Image
- CharlesCooley.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1864-08-17
- date of death
- 1929-05-07
- name in native language
- Charles Cooley
- cause of death
- cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- interested in
- sociology
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Encyclopedic overview
Charles Horton Cooley (August 17, 1864 – May 7, 1929) was an American sociologist. He was the son of Michigan Supreme Court Judge Thomas M. Cooley. He studied and went on to teach economics and sociology at the University of Michigan.
He was a founding member of the American Sociological Association in 1905 and became its eighth president in 1918. He is perhaps best known for his concept of the looking-glass self, which is the concept that a person's self grows out of society's interpersonal interactions and the perceptions of others.
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