Hans Zeisel
Hans Zeisel (originally Hans Zeisl ; born December 1, 1905 in Kaaden , Böhmen , † March 7, 1992 in Chicago ) was an Austrian-American legal scholar and statistician .
Life
Hans Zeisel was born in Kaaden as the son of the lawyer Otto Zeisl (1875–1940) and his wife Elsa geb. Frank (1881–1975) was born. The following year the family moved to Vienna, where the father opened a law firm. Zeisel studied law and political science at the University of Vienna . In 1927 he received his doctorate in law and worked from 1930 to 1932 at the business psychological research center in Vienna, where he was involved in the Marienthal study . In 1938 he married the Hungarian ceramic designer Eva Striker and emigrated with her to the USA . In 1943 he became a lecturer in economics and statistics at New York University and from 1951 to 1953 at Columbia University . From 1953 to 1992 he was Professor of Statistics, Law, and Sociology at the University of Chicago .
Awards
- 1981: Great Gold Medal for Services to the Republic of Austria
- 1985: Elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Works
- Say It with Figures , with an introduction by Paul F. Lazarsfeld , Harper & Row, New York 1947
Web links
- Biography of Hans Zeisel
- Biography of Hans Zeisel and his collaboration on the Marienthal study
- Literature by and about Hans Zeisel in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zeisel, Hans |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hans Zeisl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian-American statistician, professor of statistics, law and economics |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 1, 1905 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kaaden |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 7, 1992 |
| Place of death | Chicago |