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Last full accuracy audit: 2026-09-02 · 10 entries checked · 5 flagged · 8 issues confirmed · 5 corrected · 3 still open
Ferdinand Tönnies — Tönnies co-founded the German Sociological Association in 1909 alongside Max Weber, Georg Simmel, Werner Sombart, and others — but Simmel was not a co-founder; he was not present at the founding meeting and was not among the initial signatories.
Ferdinand Tönnies — Tönnies resigned as president of the German Sociological Association in 1933 under pressure from the Nazis, and the association was later dissolved — the association was not dissolved in 1933; it was forcibly dissolved in 1934 (or 1935, depending on the source
Frances Fox Piven — The entry says she earned a Ph.D. in 1962 from the University of Chicago, but her Ph.D. was awarded in 1963.
Georg Simmel — Simmel did not co-found the German Society for Sociology in 1909 with Ferdinand Tönnies and Max Weber; he was a founding member and served on its board, but the primary founders were Tönnies and Weber.
Pitirim Sorokin — Sorokin was not a professor at Saint Petersburg Imperial University before 1919; he was a lecturer and professor at other institutions and only became a professor at the University of Petrograd in 1919.
Pitirim Sorokin — Sorokin was not secretary to Prime Minister Alexander Kerensky in a formal governmental role; he served as Kerensky's personal secretary for a brief period.
Raymond Aron — Aron did not take first place in the agrégation of philosophy in 1928; he was ranked second that year, while Sartre failed in 1928 and then placed first in 1929.
Raymond Aron — Commentaire was founded in 1978 by Raymond Aron alone; Jean-Claude Casanova was not a co-founder.
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