SOCIOLOGIST

Andre Gunder Frank

1929 - 2005

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Andre Gunder Frank (February 24, 1929 – April 25, 2005) was a German-American sociologist and economic historian who promoted dependency theory after 1970 and world-systems theory after 1984. He employed some Marxian concepts on political economy, but rejected Marx's stages of history, and economic history generally. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Andre Gunder Frank is the 37th most popular sociologist (down from 35th in 2019), the 2,263rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,167th in 2019) and the 7th most popular German Sociologist.

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS

Among sociologists, Andre Gunder Frank ranks 37 out of 79. Before him are Juan José Linz, Harold Garfinkel, Ludwig Gumplowicz, Georges Gurvitch, Robert E. Park, and W. I. Thomas. After him are Herbert Blumer, Howard S. Becker, Charles Tilly, Amitai Etzioni, Shmuel Eisenstadt, and T. H. Marshall.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Andre Gunder Frank ranks 153. Before him are Chespirito, Lee Shau-kee, Gabriel Urgebadze, Christos Sartzetakis, Kateb Yacine, and Jacques Deray. After him are Filaret, Muhammad Said Ramadan al-Bouti, Tomislav Crnković, Hélène Carrère d'Encausse, Antonine Maillet, and Lennart Skoglund. Among people deceased in 2005, Andre Gunder Frank ranks 87. Before him are Charly Gaul, Zhang Chunqiao, Richard Pryor, Ghena Dimitrova, Simone Simon, and Amrish Puri. After him are Erich Topp, Vasco Gonçalves, Amrita Pritam, Alberto Lattuada, John Mills, and Vincent Gigante.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Andre Gunder Frank ranks 2,264 out of 7,253. Before him are Prince George William of Hesse-Darmstadt (1722), Martin Lawrence (1965), Frederick I, Elector Palatine (1425), Karl Ludwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1762), Wolfgang Borchert (1921), and Fritz Pfeffer (1889). After him are Waldemar Bonsels (1880), Christian Lorenz (1966), Louis III, Elector Palatine (1378), Ernst Barkmann (1919), Karl Brugmann (1849), and Ernst Neufert (1900).

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS In Germany

Among sociologists born in Germany, Andre Gunder Frank ranks 7. Before him are Max Weber (1864), Theodor W. Adorno (1903), Georg Simmel (1858), Niklas Luhmann (1927), Robert Michels (1876), and Juan José Linz (1926). After him are Amitai Etzioni (1929), Lewis A. Coser (1913), Claus Offe (1940), and Louis Wirth (1897).

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