# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lester-frank-ward
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:31:29.630Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/lester-frank-ward"
name: "Lester Frank Ward"
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description: "Lester Frank Ward was an American botanist, paleontologist, and sociologist. The first president of the American Sociological Association, James Q. Dealey characterized Ward as a \"great pioneer\" in the development of American sociology, with contemporaries referring to him as \"the Nestor of American sociologists,\" His 1883 work Dynamic Sociology was influential in establishing sociology as a distinct field in the United States. Despite its initial impact his work was sidelined during the later institutionalization and development of American sociology."
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birthDate: "1841-06-18"
deathDate: "1913-04-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump