David Riesman

Non-Fiction Author

David Riesman was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States on September 22nd, 1909 and is the Non-Fiction Author. At the age of 92, David Riesman biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.

Date of Birth
September 22, 1909
Nationality
United States
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Death Date
May 10, 2002 (age 92)
Zodiac Sign
Virgo
Profession
Lawyer, Sociologist, University Teacher, Writer
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Education
Harvard College, Harvard Law School
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David Riesman Career

Born to a wealthy German Jewish family, he attended Harvard College, where he graduated in 1931 with a degree in biochemistry. He attended Harvard Law School, where he was a member of the Harvard Law Review. Riesman clerked for Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis between 1935 and 1936. He also taught at what is now the University at Buffalo Law School and at the University of Chicago.

He worked for Sperry Gyroscope company during the war. After a fellowship at Yale to write The Lonely Crowd, he returned to Chicago. In 1958, he became a university professor at Harvard. He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1955) and the American Philosophical Society (1974). Intellectually he was influenced most by Erich Fromm, as well as Carl Friedrich, Hannah Arendt, Leo Löwenthal, Robert K. Merton, Paul Lazarsfeld, Paul Goodman, Martha Wolfenstein, and Nathan Leites. He widely referenced the works of Thorstein Veblen, Max Weber, and Sigmund Freud.

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