Kurt Steiner
Kurt Steiner (born June 10, 1912 in Vienna , † October 20, 2003 in Stanford , California ) was an Austrian-American political scientist.
Life
Steiner was in 1935 at the University of Vienna to Dr. jur. PhD . After the annexation of Austria to the Nazi Germany emigrated it in 1938 in the United States. There he studied Japanese at the US Military Intelligence School and worked for the US military administration in Tokyo after the end of the Second World War . There he was a prosecutor in the war crimes trials. He also advised on the formulation of the constitution of the state of Japan .
After returning to the USA, he studied political science at Stanford University , where he received his doctorate in 1955. He then taught comparative political science as a professor at this university . In addition, he was responsible for the faculty's Austrian studies and was very committed, which earned him the nickname Mr. Austria at the university .
Web links
- Literature by and about Kurt Steiner in the catalog of the German National Library
- Obituary for Kurt Steiner, Austrian Information (English)
- "Mr. Austria" in America. The unusual career of Kurt Steiner (1912 to 2003) , wienerzeitung.at
- Radio portrait of Kurt Steiner in the Ö1 series Menschenbilder from 1996
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Steiner, Kurt |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian-American political scientist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 10, 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 20, 2003 |
| Place of death | Stanford , California |