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Born April 21, 1864 • Erfurt • Prussia
Died June 14, 1920 (aged 56) • Munich • Germany
Notable Works “The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism”
Subjects Of Study Protestant ethic • capitalism • Calvinism

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