August Comte

1. French philosopher and Sociologist
2. Gave the term’ Sociology’
3. Father of Positivism
4. Influenced by the utopian socialist Saint-Simon
5. Influenced- J.S. Mill, Émile Durkheim
6. Created ‘Religion of Humanity’- a secular religion

Books:

1. Course of Positive Philosophy - 1830-1842
2. A General View of Positivism - 1848
3. System of Positive Polity - 1875