Karl Mannheim

Sociologist, Academic

1893 – 1947

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Who was Karl Mannheim?

Karl Mannheim, or Károly Mannheim in the original writing of his name, was a Hungarian-born sociologist, influential in the first half of the 20th century and one of the founding fathers of classical sociology as well as a founder of the sociology of knowledge. In 1921, Mannheim married professor and psychologist "Juliska" Károlyné Julia Lang, better known as Julia Lang.

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Born
Mar 27, 1893
Budapest
Religion
  • Judaism
Ethnicity
  • Jewish people
  • Germans
  • Hungarians
Nationality
  • Germany
  • Hungary
Profession
Education
  • Heidelberg University
  • Eötvös Loránd University
Died
Jan 9, 1947
London

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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