Vilhelm Aubert, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Vilhelm Aubert

Norwegian sociologist

Date of Birth: 07-Jun-1922

Place of Birth: Oslo, Eastern Norway, Norway

Date of Death: 19-Jul-1988

Profession: professor, jurist, sociologist

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Johan Vilhelm Aubert (7 June 1922 – 19 July 1988) was an influential Norwegian sociologist.
He was a professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Oslo from 1963 to 1971 and at the Department of Sociology from 1971 to 1988.
He co-founded the Norwegian Institute for Social Research already in 1950, and has been labelled the "father of Norwegian sociology".
In his early life he was a member of the anti-Nazi resistance group XU, and while later involved on the radical wing of the Labour Party, he edited the newspaper Orientering.