Rudolf Vierhaus#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 1536 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | HISTORY & ARCHAEOLOGY |
| Elected: | 1994 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
Rudolf Vierhaus passed away November 13, 2011.
Positions Held
- 1990 Professor Emeritus
- 1971 - 1990 Director of the Max-Planck-Institute for History, Göttingen
- 1966 - 1967 Guest professor, St. Antony's College, Oxford
- 1964 Professor, Ruhr-University Bochum
- 1961 Privatdozent in Münster
Fields of Scholarship
- Cultural history
- History of ideas
- Comparative social history
- History of sciences
- History of education
Honours and Awards
- 1986 Verdienstkreuz 1. Klasse des Verdienstordens of the German Republic, awarded by the president of the German Republic, Richard von Weizsäcker
- 1986 Prix Alexander von Humboldt pour la coopération scientifique franco-allemande
- 1988 Verdienstkreuz des Niedersächsischen Verdienstordens (1. Klasse)
- 1990 Honorable Fellow of the Hebrew University Jerusalem
- 1991 "Primer socio de Honor" of the Universidad Pontificia Comillas de Madrid
- 1992 Dr. h. c. and Prof. h.c. of the Loránd-Eötvös-University Budapest
- 1998 Verdienstmedaille 1. Klasse of the Czech Republic, awarded by President Václav Havel
- 1998 Großes Verdienstkreuz des Verdienstordens of the German Republic
