E. F. Schumacher

Details

Instance of

human

Born

16 August 1911

Died

4 September 1977

Place of birth

Bonn

Place of death

Switzerland

Sex or gender

male

Given name

Ernst, Friedrich

Family name

Schumacher

Father

Hermann A. Schumacher

Mother

Edith Schumacher

Spouse

Verena Rosenberger, Anne Maria Petersen

Sibling

Elisabeth Heisenberg, Edith Schumacher

Occupation

economist, philosopher, statistician

Citizenship

Germany, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Religion

Church of England parish church

Awards

Prix Européen de l'Essai Charles Veillon, Rhodes Scholarship, honorary doctorate

cause of death

myocardial infarction

educated at

Columbia University, University of Bonn, New College, London School of Economics and Political Science

employer

Columbia University, University of Oxford

influenced by

Traditionalist School, Frithjof Schuon, Leopold Kohr

languages spoken, written or signed

English, German

manner of death

natural causes

name in native language

Ernst Friedrich Schumacher

notable work

Small Is Beautiful, A Guide for the Perplexed

place of burial

Caterham Cemetery

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