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Célestin Bouglé (1870 - 1940) was a French philosopher known for his role as one of Émile Durkheim's collaborators and a member of the Annee Sociologique.
Bouglé was born in Saint-Brieuc. He entered the École Normale Supérieure in 1890 and agregated in philosophy in 1893. He was, along with Paul Lapie and Dominique Parodi, one of the founding members of the journal Revue de Métaphysiques et de Morale. In 1896 he joined with Durkheim and became one of the first editors of the Année Sociologique. He received his doctorate in 1899.
After teaching in Saint-Brieuc, Montpellier, and Toulouse he took a position at the Sorbonne in 1908, the same year that Essay on the Caste System (his most well-known work) appeared. Finally, he became the director of the École Normale Supérieure in 1935. He died in Paris.