Hans Joachim Meyer

German politician · Germany · On the map · Politicians · Lived 1936 to 2024 · aged 87

Hans Joachim Meyer was a German linguist and CDU politician. When East Germany's authorities interrupted his law studies in Potsdam after six terms, he turned to English and American studies at the Humboldt University of Berlin where he then lectured and researched from 1964, with a habilitation in 1981, and as...

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2024Died29 March 20242017Knight Commander of the Order of St. Gregory the GreatAward2013Hans-Olaf-Henkel PrizeAward2005Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of GermanyAward2002Cicero Orator PrizeAward1936Born13 October 1936

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1990 Cabinet of Saxony

Awards

Knight Commander of the Order of St. Gregory the Great2017

Hans-Olaf-Henkel Prize2013

Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany2005

Cicero Orator Prize2002

Order of Merit of the Free State of Saxony

About this person

When East Germany's authorities interrupted his law studies in Potsdam after six terms, he turned to English and American studies at the Humboldt University of Berlin where he then lectured and researched from 1964, with a habilitation in 1981, and as professor of applied linguistics from 1985 to 1990.

Country

Germany

The same award as Hans

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