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Born David Emilie Durkheim on April 15, 1858 in Epinal, capital town of Vosges, in Lorraine.
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Obtained b'accalaurates in Letters and Sciences.
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After failing the admittance exam two times in a row Durkheim was admitted to the Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris, France. Durkheim would continue studies in teaching pedagogy.
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During this period Durkheim stuggled with the rigors of study in Paris, France. However he became increasingly drawn to the theories of his teachers and fellow students. Durkheim was drawn to the ideals of a Republic which embodied anti-clerical reforms to education which would pave the way to a free national system, compulsory, secular education.
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Durkheim passed his aggregation (an entrance exam to teaching in secondary schools), and soon began to teach philosophy.
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Promoted to teaching Social Sciences in the education system.
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Durkheim taught the theory, history, and practice of education. While on Saturdays he instructed a lecture on sociology which focused on social phenomena, social solidarity, family and kinship, incest, toteism, suicide, crime, religion, socialism, and law.
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The Division of Labour, composed and published.
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Durkheim founded the Annee Sociologique in which he focused on social sciences and the division of intellectual labour. The Annee would provide reviews on any sociological literature that was being published.
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Durkheim was named professor of “Science of Education and Sociology”.
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On August 3, 1914 Germany invaded Belgium in Northern France, which led to Durkheim co-ordinating efforts to subvert German propaganda by publishing war information.
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Died from complications arising from stroke, stress, and depression from loss of his son.
