Birth of Ralf Gustav Dahrendorf
Birth of Ralf Gustav Dahrendorf
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Ralf Gustav Dahrendorf Biography and Timeline
Follow Ralf Gustav Dahrendorf through 14 dated historical records for Germany.
Ralf Gustav Dahrendorf, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1929–2009Years on this page
1929
1952
Education
Becomes a doctor of philosophy and classics (PhD)
1957
Professor
Appointed Professor of sociology in Hamburg (1957-60)
1959
Class and Class Conflict in Industrial Society
Publication of "Class and Class Conflict in Industrial Society"
1960
Professor
Appointed Professor of sociology Tubingen (1960-64)
1967
Professor
Appointed Professor of sociology Konstanz (1966-69)
Society and Democracy in Germany
Publication of "Society and Democracy in Germany"
1982
KBE
Dahrendorf is made a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) by Queen Elizabeth II
1986
London School of Economics (LSE)
Governor of the London School of Economics
1987
Oxford University
Apppointed Warden of St Antonys College at the University of Oxford, succeeding the historian Sir Raymond Carr
1988
Citizenship
Adopts British citizenship
The Modern Social Conflict
Publication of "The Modern Social Conflict"
1990
Reflections on the Revolution in Europe
Publication of "Reflections on the Revolution in Europe"
2009
Death of Ralf Gustav Dahrendorf
Death of Ralf Gustav Dahrendorf
Records, sources and methodology
These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.