Jean Stoetzel | |
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| Born | 23 April 1910  Saint-Dié-des-Vosges (France) |
| Died | 21 February 1987 (aged 76) Boulogne-Billancourt (France) |
| Education | doctorate in France |
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| Academic career | |
| Fields | Sociology,social psychology,public opinion |
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| Doctoral advisor | Maurice Halbwachs |
| Doctoral students | Dominique Schnapper, Henri Raymond, Christian de Montlibert |
Jean Stoetzel (23 April 1910,Saint-Dié-des-Vosges - 21 February 1987,Boulogne-Billancourt) was a French sociologist.
He hadAlsacian andLorrainian descent.[1]
Stoetzel had studied inLycée Louis-le-Grand, in a preparatory class for superior schools (écoles supérieures)[2]
In 1932, he enteredÉcole normale supérieure inParis.[3]
In 1938, he visitedColumbia University inNew York City. There he get to know the methods ofopinion polling byGeorge Gallup.[4]
Upon return to France, he foundedInstitut français d'opinion publique, the first French organization to conduct opinion polling.[3] Amongst the questions asked were the position of French onÉdouard Daladier's politics with respect to "German threat", the opinion of birth rate decline, etc. Although Stoetzel methods were quite crude, he managed to detectrightward shift in French public mood.[4]
DuringWorld War II, he was aliaison officer with British army and fought inBattle of Dunkirk. Afterwards, he returned tooccupied France and taught philosophy in a secondary school.[2]
Stoetzel became a Doctor of Philosophy in 1943. He was a sociology professor at theUniversity of Bordeaux 1943–1954, and he was a social psychology professor at theUniversity of Paris 1955–1978.[1]
In 1977, Stoetzel was elected a member ofAcadémie des Sciences Morales et Politiques.[1] He was elected to theAmerican Philosophical Society in 1979.[5]