About Jean Stoetzel
Lived 1910 – 1987 (aged 76). Jean Stoetzel was a French psychologist and sociologist.
Jean Stoetzel (23 April 1910, Saint-Dié-des-Vosges – 21 February 1987, Boulogne-Billancourt) was a French sociologist.
Biography He had Alsacian and Lorrainian descent.
Stoetzel had studied in Lycée Louis-le-Grand, in a preparatory class for superior schools (écoles supérieures)
In 1932, he entered École normale supérieure in Paris.
In 1938, he visited Columbia University in New York City. There he get to know the methods of opinion polling by George Gallup.
Upon return to France, he founded Institut français d'opinion publique, the first French organization to conduct opinion polling.
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Who was Jean Stoetzel?
French sociologist (1910–1987)
When was Jean Stoetzel born?
Jean Stoetzel was born on 23 April 1910 in Saint-Dié-des-Vosges.
When did Jean Stoetzel die?
Jean Stoetzel died on 21 February 1987 in Boulogne-Billancourt.
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Jean Stoetzel was a psychologist and sociologist.
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Jean Stoetzel was French.
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