BOUGLÉ, Célestin Charles Alfred. Saint-Brieuc (Côtes-du-Nord, now Côtes-d’Armor) 1.6.1870 — Paris 25.1.1940. French Positivist Philosopher and Sociologist. Son of officer Célestin Aimable Bouglé (b. 1832) and Nathalie Louise Leroux (1841–1920), family originating in Brettany. Educated in Paris. From 1890 studies at École normale supérieure, agrégé in philosophy 1893. Ph.D. 1899. Taught at lycée in Saint-Brieuc, in the universities of Montpellier (1898-1900), and Toulouse, from 1909 at Sorbonne, 1919 as Professor of Social Economy. From 1927 adjunct director and in 1935-40 Director of École normale supérieure. Légion d’honneur 1920, officer 1926. Friend and collaborator of Durkheim. I.al. noted for his criticism of racism.

Publications: Essais sur le régime des castes. P. 1908, translated by D. F. Pocock: Essays on the Caste System. 16+228 p. Cambridge 1971.

– The major part of his large output is not dealing with South Asia.

Sources: Wikipedia with photo (more details and references in French version); parents in gw.geneanet.org.