Background
Gerth, Hans Heinrich was born on April 24, 1908 in Kassel, Germany. Son of Karl Jonas and Anna (Schmidt) Gerth.
Gerth, Hans Heinrich was born on April 24, 1908 in Kassel, Germany. Son of Karl Jonas and Anna (Schmidt) Gerth.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Frankfurt am Main (Germany), 1933.
Kiel (Germany) University, 1932-1933. Journalist, Berlin, Germany, 1934-1937. Visiting assistant professor University of Michigan, 1938-1939, University of Illinois, 1939-1940.
Assistant professor of University Wisconsin, Madison, 1940-1947, professor sociology.
Visiting professor U. Frankfurt am Main, U. Tokyo (Japan). Author: (with C. Wright Mills) Character and Social Structure, 1953.
(translation with C. Wright Mills) From Max Weber, Essays in Sociology, second edition, 1958. Home: Madison, Wisconsin
Married second, Nobuko Yabuno, June 27, 1957. Children: Anne K. (Mistress Thomas H. Logan), Julia C., Richard J. Research assistant.