An excellent short biography in English is F.J. Gould, Auguste Comte (1920). A modern treatment is Mary Pickering, Auguste Comte: An Intellectual Biography (1993– ). Arline Reilein Standley, Auguste Comte (1981), is a clear survey of his life and works. Appraisals of his work include Ronald Fletcher, Auguste Comte and the Making of Sociology (1966), a brief work; Ernest Becker, The Structure of Evil (1968, reissued 1976); and Kenneth Thompson (ed.), Auguste Comte: The Foundation of Sociology (1975).