German historian Max ____ is recognised as a founding father of sociology (5)

I believe the answer is:

weber

(Other definitions for weber that I've seen before include "100,000,000 maxwells" , "Composer; physicist" , "Unit of magnetic flux, composer" , "Composer of Der Freischutz, d. 1826" , "Carl Maria von ---, composer; Max ---, sociologist" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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