Hall, Edward T. (Edward Twitchell), 1914-2009

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Summary: Edward Twitchell Hall Jr. was an American anthropologist and cross-cultural researcher. He is remembered for developing the concept of proxemics and exploring cultural and social cohesion, and describing how people behave and react in different types of culturally defined personal space. Hall was an influential colleague of Marshall McLuhan and Buckminster Fuller. Wikipedia
Gender or Sex: Male [1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
Born: 1914 [2]; 1914-05-16 [7]
Birth Place: Webster Groves, Missouri [3]; Webster Groves [7]
Died: 2009 [2]; 2009-07-20 [7]
Death Place: Santa Fe, New Mexico [3]; Santa Fe [7]
Country: United States [2]
Website: http://www.edwardthall.com/ [7]
Language: English [3][5]
Occupation: Antropologs [5]; anthropologist [7]; sociologist [7]; university teacher [7]
Profession: Kommunikationswissenschaftler [2]
Employer: Harvard University [7]; Northwestern University [7]; United States Department of State [7]; Illinois Institute of Technology [7]; University of Denver [7]
Field of Activity: Antropoloģija [5]
Educated at: Columbia University [7]
Country of Education: United States [7]
Encyclopædia Britannica: Biography [7]
Yale LUX: Entity [7]
Notable Names Database: Profile [7]

Sources: 1. VIAF; 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany); 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France; 4. Library of Congress; 5. National Library of Latvia; 6. National Library of Korea; 7. Wikidata

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