Fred Kort
Fred Kort (born November 12, 1919 in Vienna , † July 17, 2004 in Bloomfield, Connecticut ) was an American political scientist of Austrian origin and of Jewish faith. He taught 40 years as a professor at the University of Connecticut and was one of the first to apply mathematical methods to political science. One of his best-known research results is the finding that judges allow themselves to be influenced by the social status of the accused in their judgment.
Life
The son of Simon Kort and his wife Matilda (née Fischer) studied law at the University of Vienna the year Austria was joined and emigrated to the USA in February 1939 because of the growing hostility towards people of Jewish faith. During the Second World War he returned to Europe as an American soldier. After his return to the USA, he married and began studying at Northwestern University in 1946 , where he passed his bachelor's and master's degree and a Ph.D. received his doctorate. In 1950 he became a professor at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, where he worked academically on his retirement in 1990.
Web links
- Obituary the University of Connecticutauf on Fred Kort (English)
- Obituary for Fred Kort in the Hartford Courant (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Sources of the presentation are the note from M. Rainer Lepsius : The social sciences emigration and its consequences , in Cologne journal for sociology and social psychology , sociology in Germany and Austria 1918–1945 , special issue 23/1981, pp. 461–500, here p 497 and the two obituaries, see web links.
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| SURNAME | Kort, Fred |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American political scientist of Austrian origin |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 12, 1919 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 17, 2004 |
| Place of death | Bloomfield (Connecticut) |