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11 Facts About Stanley Hoffmann

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Stanley Hoffmann was a French political scientist and the Paul and Catherine Buttenwieser University Professor at Harvard University, specializing in French politics and society, European politics, US foreign policy, and international relations.

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Stanley Hoffmann was born to a distant American father and an Austrian mother.

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Stanley Hoffmann obtained a doctorate at the Faculty of Law of Paris in 1953.

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In 1955, Stanley Hoffmann became an instructor in the Department of Government at Harvard.

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Stanley Hoffmann was appointed C Douglas Dillon Professor of the Civilization of France.

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Stanley Hoffmann was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1964.

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Stanley Hoffmann founded Harvard's Center for European Studies in 1969.

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Stanley Hoffmann was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1981.

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In 1997, Stanley Hoffmann was named the Paul and Catherine Buttenwieser University Professor.

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In 1996, Stanley Hoffmann received the Balzan Prize for Political Science: Contemporary International Relations from the International Balzan Foundation of Italy and Switzerland.

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On September 13,2015, Stanley Hoffmann died in Cambridge, Massachusetts at age 86.