HERBERT SPENCER

PERSONAL LIFE

• Born April 27, 1820 in Derby, England
• Oldest of nine children and the only child to survive infancy
• From an early age, Herbert was strongly influenced by individualism
• He showed resistance to authority as well as independence.
• Spencer was trained to be a railroad engineer

PERSONAL LIFE CONT.

• Early 20's he turned to journalism and political writing.
• He defended a number of causes such as land nationalism
• Also how women are treated

EDUCATION

• Spencer's father, William George Specncer was a school teacher
• His parents dissenting religious convictions inspirehim a non-conformity
• Learning was a sensory experience, he learn to interact w/ environment
• Spencer stressed the importance of the sciences in schools
• He became a school teacherin 1837

NOTABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Developing/applying evolutionary theory to philophy, pyschology, & sociology
• Helped develop the fundamentalist perspective
• His political thoughts& his defense of natural rights and criticism
• He was nominated for a Nobel Prize for Literature in 1902
• Spencer wrote his 1st book in 1851 and his 2nd book in 1855

CONTRIBUTIONS TO SOCIOLOGY

• He identified society with a biological organism
• He proceeded to defend it against all objectives with great logical force
• Created a synthetic philosophy that attempted to explain the universe
• Best known for "survival of the fittest"
• Possible to discover laws of morality that had the same authority as laws of nature

REFERENCE

• Acton,H.(2014).Herbert Spence Lifeand Works. Retrieved from www.britannica.com
• Sweet,W.(2004).Herbert Spencer. Retrieved from http://www.iep.utm.edu/spencer
• Crossman, A. Herbert Spencer. Retrieved from: http://sociology.about.com/od/Profiles/p/Herbert-Spencer.htm