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Bernhard Harms

German economist

Christoph Bernhard Cornelius Harms (30 March 1876 – 21 September 1939) was a German economist and one of the first professors to undertake research in the field of international economics. He founded the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Germany's leading economic research institute, in 1914.²

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Born Mar 30, 1876, died Sep 21, 1939.¹

About

Harms was Chair of Economics at the University of Kiel and head of the Institute until he was dismissed from office in 1933 by Nazi Party officials.

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Companies

Kiel Institute for the World EconomyBoard member 1914 to 1933¹⁰

Early life and education

Date not recordedUniversity of Tübingen³

Christoph Bernhard Cornelius Harms was born in Detern, Ostfriesland, on June 30, 1876 to Menno F. Harms (1845–?) and Anna M. Ries (1844–1921). In 1887, he attended the Städtische Volksschule in Aurich, and later Gymnasium in Norden. From 1890 to 1893 he completed an apprenticeship (Ausbildung) as a bookbinder in Celle. Harms began a degree in political science at the University of Leipzig (1897), then began a PhD in Economics at University of Tübingen (1900). He completed his doctoral dissertation under Gustav von Schönberg, a founder of the theory of world economy. Two years later, he completed his habilitation.

Harms married in 1902 and had three children.

Harms began teaching as a professor at the University of Jena in 1906, then transferred to the University of Kiel in 1908 where he was Chair of Economics. There, he founded the Kiel Institute for the World Economy.

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Career

Occupation: author, university teacher, political economist, economist, bookbinder.⁶

1914 to 1933Board member, Kiel Institute for the World Economy⁵
Date not recordedWorked at University of Jena⁴
Date not recordedWorked at Kiel University⁴
Date not recordedWorked at University of Tübingen⁴

Personal life

BornMar 30, 1876, Detern⁷
DiedSep 21, 1939, Berlin⁸
CitizenshipGerman Reich⁹

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WikidataKiel Institute for the World Economy, Board member
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