Gene Sharp

Professor, Author

1928 –

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Who is Gene Sharp?

Gene Sharp is the founder of The Albert Einstein Institution, a non-profit organisation dedicated to advancing the study of nonviolent action, and Professor Emeritus of political science at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. He is known for his extensive writings on nonviolent struggle, which have influenced numerous anti-government resistance movements around the world.

Gene Sharp has been nominated three times for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009, 2012 and 2013. Sharp was widely considered the favourite for the 2012 award. In 2011 he was awarded the El-Hibri Peace Education Prize. In 2012 he was a recipient of the Right Livelihood Award as well as the Distinguished Lifetime Democracy Award.

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Born
Jan 21, 1928
North Baltimore
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Bachelor of Arts, Ohio State University
    ( - 1949)
  • M.A., Ohio State University
    Sociology
    ( - 1951)
  • PhD, University of Oxford
    ( - 1968)
Employment
  • Senior Scholar, Albert Einstein Institution
  • Professor Emeritus of Political Science, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Lived in
  • East Boston

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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