To be an American is an ideal, while to be a Frenchman is a fact.
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| Birth: | 5th June, 1901 |
| Death: | 19th September, 1984 |
| Nationality: | American, German |
| Profession: | Political Scientist, Professor |
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Carl Joachim Friedrich was born in Leipzig, Germany. He was a German-American professor and political scientist. His writings on law and constitutionalism made him one of the world's leading political scientists in the post-World War II period. He is one of the most influential scholars of totalitarianism. He received his Ph.D. from Heidelberg in 1930. When Hitler came to power, he decided to remain in the United States and become a naturalized citizen. He was appointed Professor of Government at Harvard in 1936.
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