Full Name: Maximilian Karl Emil Weber
Known AS: Max Weber ( मैक्स वेबर ).
Nickname: Don't have a Nickname.

Father: Max Weber Sr. (politician, Reichstag member, d. 1897).
Mother: Helene Fallenstein.
Brother: Alfred Weber (sociologist).
Wife: Marianne Schnitger (m. 1893).

Date of Birth: 21 April 1864.
Birth Place: Erfurt, Saxony, Kingdom of Prussia(Germany).

Date of Death: 14 June 1920 (aged 56).
Death Place: Munich, Bavaria, Germany.
Cause of Death: Respiratory failure.
Remains/Grave: Buried, Bergfriedhof, Heidelberg, Germany.

Race or Ethnicity: White
Education: University of Heidelberg (two years), University of Berlin, University of Göttingen (one year).
Occupation: Sociologist, Economist.
Professor: The University of Berlin, Political Economy (University of Freiburg), Political Economy (the University of Heidelberg (1896-)), The University of Vienna (1918-), The University of Munich (1919-).
Military Service: German Army (Strassburg, 1880s).
Nationality: Germany.

Notable Works: Disenchantment, Ideal type, Life chances, Methodological individualism, Monopoly on violence, Protestant work ethic, Social action, Three-component theory of stratification, Tripartite classification of authority, Verstehen.

Major Writings: Die römische Agrargeschichte in ihrer Bedeutung für das Staats- und Privatrecht (1891); The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism (1904–05); The Religion of China (1916); The Religion of India (1916); Ancient Judaism (1917-1918); Economy and Society (1922); Wirtschaftsgeschichte (1923).

German sociologist, philosopher and political economist Max Weber (21 April 1864 - 14 June 1920) is one of the greatest sociologists of the 20th century who founded modern sociology along with Karl Marx and Émile Durkheim. He profoundly influenced social theory, social research and the discipline of sociology itself as well as Immanuel Kant, Friedrich Nietzsche, Sigmund Freud, Wilhelm Dilthey, Heinrich Rickert, Georg Simmel and Werner Sombart.

Early Life & Childhood: Maximilian Karl Emil Weber was born on 21 April 1864 in Erfurt, Saxony, Kingdom of Prussia( now Germany). After graduating from high school, he enrolled in the University of Heidelberg in 1882; where he studied law, history, philosophy and economics for three semesters. In 1883, Weber joined the German Army in Strassburg for one year. In 1884, he resumed his study leaving military service and admitted at the University of Berlin and spent one semester at Göttingen. In 1886, he passed the bar association examination. In 1888 he joined the new professional association of German economists named Verein für Socialpolitik. In 1889, Weber earned his law doctorate 1889.

Personal Life: Max Weber father, Max Weber Sr. was a wealthy and prominent civil servant and member of the National Liberal Party and mother named Helene Fallenstein. He was the oldest of the seven children of his parent. In 1893, Weber married Marianne Schnitger who was his distant cousin.

Later Life & Death: In 1894, Max Weber was appointed professor of political economics at the University of Freiburg and moved to Freiburg with his wife. In 1896, he returned to Heidelberg after appointing same position at the University of Heidelberg. After his father died in 1897, he suffered a nervous breakdown 1898. Weber traveled to Italy and did not come back to Heidelberg until April 1902. After returning to Heidelberg, he finally resigned his professorship in 1903 and became an editor at a prominent social science journal, Archives for Social Science and Social Welfare. In 1904, Weber began to publish some of his most seminal papers in this journal. He published his most famous work, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism in in 1904 and 1905. In 1904, he also visited the United States where he participated in the Congress of Arts and Sciences. In 1918, he returned to teaching and joined as a professor at the University of Vienna. In 1919, he joined the University of Munich. Max Weber died on 14 June 1920. He was buried at Bergfriedhof, Heidelberg, Germany.