Arno Peters, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German historian and filmmaker
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Place of Birth: Charlottenburg, Berlin, Germany
About Arno Peters
- Arno Peters (22 May 1916 – 2 December 2002) developed the Peters world map, based on the Gall–Peters projection. Peters was a German historian born in Berlin on 22 May 1916.
- He began his career in Hollywood in the late 1930s, studying American filmmaking.
- After attaining his doctorate degree from the Friedrich-Wilhelm University in 1945, Peters began his academic research of synchronoptic world history.
- This topic was introduced to him during college and formed a large part of his dissertation, titled "Film as a Means of Public Leadership".
- Though Peters discussed his world map as early as 1967, he did not start promoting it until a press conference in Bonn in May 1973.
- In 1974 Peters founded the Institute for Universal History in Bremen, Germany where he served as director.
- He was awarded an honorary professorship by the University of Bremen and worked in Bremen until his death on 2 December 2002.
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