Gruner, Erich, 1915-2001

LC control no.	n 50032996
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Gruner, Erich, 1915-2001 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Birth date	1915
Death date	2001-02-21
Place of birth	Bern (Switzerland)
Place of death	Bern (Switzerland)
Affiliation	Universität Bern
Profession or occupation	Historians Political scientists
Found in	Edmund von Steiger: dressig jahre neuere bernische und Schweizerische gGeschichte, 1949: title page (Erich Gruner) Wikipedia, August 26, 2-14 (Erich Gruner; born January 5, 1915 in Bern; died February 21, 2001; Swiss historian and political scientist; from 1941 to 1961 he worked as a high school teacher in Basel; in 1961 he became full professor of social history and sociology of Swiss politics at the University of Bern; in 1965 he founded the Research Centre for Swiss Politics (now the nstitute of Political Science) at the University of Bern, which he directed until his retirement in 1985; Gruner's work focused on the associations, parties and political institutions of Switzerland; he promoted the application of social science approaches in Swiss historiography as well as the institutionalization of political science in Switzerland) Historical Dictionary of Switzerland, via WWW, August 26, 2014 (Gruner, Erich; born 01.05.1915 in Bern; died 21.2.2001 in Bern; studied history in Bern and Vienna (Ph. D., 1942); school teacher in Basel, 1941-1961; from 1961, Professor of Social History and Sociology of Switzerland at the University of Bern; in 1965 he founded, together with Peter Gilg, the yearbook Année politique suisse; in 1977 he was the initiator of the Vox-opinion polls)
Associated language	ger