Background
Lafrenz, Jürgen Hans Robert was born on May 1, 1938 in Hansestadt, Hamburg, Germany. Son of Hans Emil and Anna Frieda (Patz) Lafrenz.
Lafrenz, Jürgen Hans Robert was born on May 1, 1938 in Hansestadt, Hamburg, Germany. Son of Hans Emil and Anna Frieda (Patz) Lafrenz.
Doctor in Geography, University Hamburg, 1975. Habilitation, venia legendi, University Hamburg, 1985.
Research fellow, U. Hamburg, 1965-1976, 78-85; professor, U. Hamburg, since 1985; director Institute für Geographie, U. Hamburg, since 1992; science coordinator Deutscher Städteatlas, Institute Comparative History of Towns, U. Münster, Germany, 1976-1978. Project manager research of water supply and disposal in S.W.-Nigeria, since 1993, German Research Association and Federal Ministry of Science and Research, Bonn, since 1993.
Member Geographische Gesellschaft in Hamburg, Arbeitskreis für Historische Kartographie, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kartographie (sect.Geschichte der Kartographie, Arbeitskreis für Genetische Siedlungsforschung 1980, Institute Planning History Society, Society American City and Regional Planning History, European Association of Deans, Gesellschaft für Umwelt-Geowissenschaften in der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft, Docomomo, Association International Villes et Ports, Association European Society Planning, International Association People-Environment Studies.