Dieter Claessens


Dieter Claessens was a German sociologist and anthropologist.

Life

Returning as POW from the Soviet Union Dieter Claessens studied sociology, anthropology, and psychology in Berlin, where he got his doctorate from the Freie Universität in 1957. He took his sociological post-doctoral degree from the University of Münster, where he was called to a Chair of Sociology in 1962. 1966 he returned as professor to the Free University, and retired there 1986, continuing his research work until his death in Berlin, 1997.
He got his reputation especially for his pioneering work on the sociological dimension of both ontogenesis and phylogenesis.

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