Background
Manshard, Walther was born on November 17, 1923 in Hamburg, Germany. Son of Otto and Ida (Gerber) Manshard.
Manshard, Walther was born on November 17, 1923 in Hamburg, Germany. Son of Otto and Ida (Gerber) Manshard.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Hamburg, 1949. Habilitation, University Cologne, Germany, 1959. Doctor of Letters (honorary), University Ghana, 1991.
Doctor of Letters (honorary), Ville de Paris, 2000.
Assistant lecturer University Southampton, England, 1950-1952. Lecturer University Ghana, Accra, 1952-1960, University Cologne, 1960-1963. Professor University Giessen, Germany, 1963-1970, University Freiburg, Germany, 1973-1989, professor emeritus Germany, since 1989.
Principal director Unesco, Paris, 1970-1973. Vice rector United Nations-U. Tokyo, 1976-1980.
Member Geography Society London (honorary), Geog Society Tokyo, Ville de Paris.
Married Kiku Koch, December 5, 1951. 1 child, Andrea M.