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Also known as Baron Dahrendorf, Ralf G. Dahrendorf

German-British sociologist, politician (1929–2009)

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Ralf Dahrendorf (1929–2009) was a German author and academic. His published works include *Classes et Conflits de Classe Dans la Société Industrielle*, *Classes and Conflits de Classes Dans la Société Industrielle*, *Reflections of Revolution*, *Sozialstruktur des Betriebes*, and *Essays in the Theory of Society*. Open Library records list 74 works associated with his name, while Crossref lists five.

Dahrendorf was recognized in the American Academy Arts Sciences collection. His name appears in 393 other encyclopedia articles. MusicBrainz identifies him as a person from Germany.

Synthesized by Vinony from 15 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony collections, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
74

Top works

  • Classes et Conflits de Classe Dans la Société Industrielle
  • Classes and Conflits de Classes Dans la Société Industrielle
  • Reflections of Revolution
  • Sozialstruktur des Betriebes
  • Essays in the Theory of Society

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
DE
Active from
1963-11-29

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
9
Total plays
30

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python

    · 2020 · cited 36,423x

  2. <i>PHENIX</i>: a comprehensive Python-based system for macromolecular structure solution

    · 2010 · cited 23,556x

  3. Array programming with NumPy

    · 2020 · cited 23,393x

  4. <i>Phaser</i>crystallographic software

    · 2007 · cited 20,191x

  5. A global reference for human genetic variation

    · 2015 · cited 17,760x

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Key facts

President
François-Xavier Ortoli
Preceded by
Fritz Hellwig
Succeeded by
Guido Brunner
Chancellor
Willy Brandt
Constituency
FDP List
Born
Ralf Gustav Dahrendorf , ( 1929-05-01 ) 1 May 1929, Hamburg , Weimar Republic
Died
17 June 2009 (2009-06-17) (aged 80), Cologne , Germany
Resting place
Ohlsdorfer Friedhof Ohlsdorf, Hamburg-Nord, Hamburg, Germany
Citizenship
British, German
Party
Liberal Democrats (UK), FDP (Germany)
Spouse s
Vera Dahrendorf (née Vera Banister) , Ellen Dahrendorf (née Ellen Joan Krug) (1980–2004), Christiane Dahrendorf (née Christiane Klebs) (2004–2009)
Relations
Frank Dahrendorf (Brother)
Children
Nicola , Alexandra, and Daphne Dahrendorf
Parent
Lina Dahrendorf (Mother) Gustav Dahrendorf (Father)
Alma mater
University of Hamburg , London School of Economics
Profession
Sociologist

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Gustav
Gender
male
Citizenship
Germany
Place of birth
Hamburg
Place of death
Cologne
Political party
Free Democratic Party
Languages spoken
German
Native language
German
Field of work
sociology
Image
Professor R. G Dahrendorf, 1980.jpg
Work location
Tübingen
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Commons category
Ralf Dahrendorf
date of birth
1929-05-01
date of death
2009-06-17
name in native language
Ralf Dahrendorf
manner of death
natural causes
cause of death
cancer
place of burial
Ohlsdorf Cemetery
influenced by
Karl Marx
honorific prefix
The Right Honourable
catalog code
11000349
Sources (8)

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Encyclopedic overview

Ralf Gustav Dahrendorf, Baron Dahrendorf, ( German pronunciation: [ˈʁalf ˈɡʊstaf ˈdaːʁəndɔʁf]; 1 May 1929 – 17 June 2009) was a German-British sociologist, philosopher, political scientist and liberal politician. A class conflict theorist, Dahrendorf was a leading expert on explaining and analysing class divisions in modern society. Dahrendorf wrote multiple articles and books, his most notable being Class and Conflict in Industrial Society (1959) and Essays in the Theory of Society (1968).

During his political career, he was a Member of the German Parliament, Parliamentary Secretary of State at the Foreign Office of Germany, European Commissioner for Trade, European Commissioner for Research, Science and Education and Member of the British House of Lords, after he was created a life peer in 1993. He was subsequently known in the United Kingdom as Lord Dahrendorf.

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