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Michael Stolleis

German legal historian (1941-2021) · Germany · On the map · Academics · Died at 79

Michael Stolleis was a German jurist and historian. He was a law professor at Goethe University Frankfurt until 2006 and directed the Max Planck Institut für Europäische Rechtsgeschichte of the Max Planck Society from 1991 to 2009.

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2021Died18 March 20212015Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of GermanyAward2014Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts orderAward2002Honorary Doctor of the University of ToulouseAward2000Balzan PrizeAward1991Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz PrizeAward1941Born20 July 1941

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Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany2015
Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order2014
Honorary Doctor of the University of Toulouse2002
Balzan Prize2000
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize1991
Doctor Honoris Causa of the University of Helsinki
Honorary Doctor of the University of Padua
Honorary Doctorate of Lund University

About this person

Country
Germany
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1941 to 2021 · aged 79