Max Weber Biography

Max Weber biography

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NAME: Max Weber
OCCUPATION: Educator, Philosopher, Scholar, Anti-War Activist, Economist, Literary Critic, Political Scientist, Journalist, Sociologist
BIRTH DATE: April 21, 1864
DEATH DATE: June 14, 1920
EDUCATION: Heidelberg University, University of Berlin, Göttingen
PLACE OF BIRTH: Erfurt (Prussia), Germany
PLACE OF DEATH: Munich, Germany
Full Name: Maximilian Karl Emil Weber
AKA: Maximilian Karl Weber
AKA: Maximilian Weber
AKA: Karl Emil Weber

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Max Weber was a 19th century German sociologist and one of the founders of modern sociology. He wrote The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism in 1905.

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