HAROLD D. LASSWELL

(Harold Dwight Lasswell)


Harold D. Lasswell
Harold D. Lasswell
  • Born: February 13, 1902
  • Died: December 18, 1978
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Harold Dwight Lasswell was a leading American political scientist and communications theorist. He earned his bachelor’s degree in philosophy and economics and was a PhD student at the University of Chicago. He was a professor of law at Yale University. He studied at the Universities of London, Geneva, Paris, and Berlin in the 1920s . He served as president of the American Political Science Association (APSA), of the American Society of International Law and of the World Academy of Art and Science (WAAS).