# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/g-s-ghurye
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:39:35.410Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/g-s-ghurye"
name: "G. S. Ghurye"
slug: "g-s-ghurye"
description: "Govind Sadashiv Ghurye was a pioneering Indian academic who was a professor of sociology. In 1924, he became the second person to head the Department of Sociology at the University of Bombay. And, is widely regarded as the founder of Indian Sociology & Sociology in India."
tagline: "Founder of Indian sociology (1893–1983)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5d/Govind_Sadashiv_Ghurye.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "IN"
category:
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1893-12-12"
deathDate: "1983-12-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  historical:           6.448888
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump