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He was born in Hamburg , the son of Lina Dahrendorf and the late Gustav Dahrendorf a social democrat member of the German Parliament. He studied Philosophy , classical Philology and Sociology in Hamburg University between 1947 and 1952, became a doctor of philosophy and classics (Dr. phil.) in 1952. He continued his academic research at London School Of Economics as a Leverhulme Research Scholar 1953-54, gaining a PhD in 1956. He was a professor of sociology in Hamburg (1957-60), Tübingen (1960-64) and Konstanz (1966-69). From 1969 to 1970 he was a member of the German Parliament for the Freie Demokratische Partei (Free Democratic Party), the German Liberals , and a Parliamentary Secretary of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 1970 he became a Commissioner in the European Commission in Brussels . From 1974 to 1984 he was director of the London School Of Economics , when he returned to Germany to become Professor of Social Science, Konstanz University (1984-86). He settled in the United Kingdom in 1986, becoming a Governor of the London School of Economics, and also (from 1987 to 1997) Warden of St Anthony's College at Oxford University . Having adopted British Citizenship in 1988, in 1993 Dahrendorf was granted a life peerage and was created Baron Dahrendorf ''of Clare Market in the City of Westminster'' by Queen Elizabeth II . He sits in the House Of Lords as a Crossbencher . SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS |
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