# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-michels
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:20:23.965Z

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name: "Robert Michels"
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description: "Robert Michels was a German-born Italian sociologist who contributed to elite theory by describing the political behavior of intellectual elites. He belonged to the Italian school of elitism. He is known best for his book Political Parties, published in 1911, which contains a description of the \"iron law of oligarchy\"."
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birthDate: "1876-01-09"
deathDate: "1936-05-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump