Richard Grathoff, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German scholar
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Place of Birth: Unna, Free State of Prussia, Germany
About Richard Grathoff
- Richard Helmut Grathoff (1934–2013) was a phenomenologist and Professor Emeritus in the Department of Sociology at Bielefeld University, Germany.
- Born on August 30, 1934, in Unna, Westphalia, Germany, he received his PhD from the New School for Social Research in 1969 after studying under Aron Gurwitsch, Thomas Luckmann and Peter L.
- Berger.
- Influenced by Charles Sanders Peirce, Edmund Husserl and Alfred Schutz, his work has included research in the topics of milieu and life-world ("Lebenswelt") and contemporary social theory.
- He died in Oerlinghausen, Germany on November 10, 2013.
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