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Bernhard Harms | |
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Born | Christoph Bernhard Cornelius Harms March 30, 1876 |
Died | September 21, 1939 | (aged 63)
Nationality | German |
Alma mater | University of Leipzig (Diplom), University of Tübingen (PhD) |
Occupation(s) | Founder of the Kiel Institute for the World Economy and Chair of Economics |
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.[1][2] 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.