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Born June 22, 1897 • Germany
Died August 1, 1990 (aged 93) • Amsterdam • Netherlands
Notable Works “The Civilizing Process: The History of Manners”
Max Weber
Max Weber
German sociologist
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Mirra Komarovsky
Russian-born sociologist
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Simon Markovich Dubnow
Russian historian
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Theodor Julius Geiger
German sociologist
Tönnies, Ferdinand
Ferdinand Tönnies
German sociologist
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Richard Thurnwald
German ethnologist
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Karl Mannheim
German sociologist
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Joachim Wach
German-American theologian
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Georg Simmel
German sociologist
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Paul Barth
German philosopher and sociologist
Portrait of Albert Einstein in a suit and tie, looking slightly to the side with a neutral expression.
Albert Einstein
German-American physicist
Martin Buber
Martin Buber
German religious philosopher
Hermann Göring
Hermann Göring
German political leader and convicted war criminal
Baeck, Leo
Leo Baeck
German theologian
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Franz Rosenzweig
German philosopher
Anne Frank
Anne Frank
German diarist
Walther Rathenau
Walther Rathenau
German statesman
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Ludwig Guttmann
English neurosurgeon
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Eleazar ben Judah Of Worms
German rabbi
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
German-born American author