births
August 1, 1930
Pierre Bourdieu, French sociologist, anthropologist, and philosopher (died 2002)
Pierre Bourdieu
Pierre Bourdieu was a French sociologist and public intellectual. Bourdieu's contributions to the sociology of education, the theory of sociology, and sociology of aesthetics have achieved wide influence in several related academic fields. During his academic career he was primarily associated with the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences in Paris and the Collège de France.
August 1
August 1 is the 213th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 152 days remain until the end of the year.