Jean Stoetzel

Jean Stoetzel
Born	23 April 1910 Saint-Dié-des-Vosges(France)
Died	21 February 1987(aged 76) Boulogne-Billancourt(France)
Education	doctorate in France
Alma mater	École normale supérieure Faculté des lettres de Paris
Awards	Officer of the Legion of Honor
Academic career
Fields	Sociology,social psychology,public opinion
Institutions	Columbia University(1937–1938) Institut français d'opinion publique(1938–1979) Collège-lycée Jacques-Decour(1942–1943) (1938–1939) University of Bordeaux(1949–1955) University of Paris(1955–1978)
Doctoral advisor	Maurice Halbwachs
Doctoral students	Dominique Schnapper,Henri Raymond, Christian de Montlibert

Jean Stoetzel(23 April 1910,Saint-Dié-des-Vosges- 21 February 1987,Boulogne-Billancourt) was a French sociologist.

Biography

He hadAlsacianandLorrainiandescent.

Stoetzel had studied inLycée Louis-le-Grand,in a preparatory class for superior schools (écoles supérieures)

In 1932, he enteredÉcole normale supérieureinParisе.

In 1938, he visitedColumbia UniversityinNew York City.There he get to know the methods ofopinion pollingbyGeorge Gallup.

Upon return to France, he foundedInstitut français d'opinion publique,the first French organization to conduct opinion polling.Amongst the questions asked were the position of French onÉdouard Daladier's politics with respect to "German threat", the opinion of birth rate decline, etc. Although Stoetzel methods were quite crude, he managed to detectrightwardshift in French public mood.

DuringWorld War II,he was aliaison officerwith British army and fought inBattle of Dunkirk.Afterwards, he returned tooccupied Franceand taught philosophy in a secondary school.

Stoetzel became a Doctor of Philosophy in 1943. He was a sociology professor at theUniversity of Bordeaux1943-1954, and he was a social psychology professor at theUniversity of Paris1955-1978.

In 1977, Stoetzel was elected a member ofAcadémie des Sciences Morales et Politiques.He was elected to theAmerican Philosophical Societyin 1979.