Born:(1916-12-19)19 December 1916, Dahlem, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Died:25 March 2010(2010-03-25) (aged 93), Allensbach, Germany
Awards:Great Cross of Merit (1976), , Alexander Rüstow Medal (1978), , Baden-Württemberg's Medal of Merit (1990), , Helen Dinerman Award (issued by WAPOR; 1990), , Gerhard Löwenthal Honor Award (issued by Junge Freiheit; 2006)
Fields:Political science
Known for:Spiral of silence, Institut für Demoskopie Allensbach
Alma mater:Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, , University of Missouri