Edward T. Hall
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Edward Twitchell Hall, Jr. (May 16, 1914 ā July 20, 2009) was an American anthropologist and cross-cultural researcher. He is remembered for developing the concept of proxemics and exploring cultural and social cohesion, and describing how people behave and react in different types of culturally defined personal space. Hall was an influential colleague of Marshall McLuhan and Buckminster Fuller.[1]
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Born | Edward Twitchell Hall, Jr. (1914-05-16)May 16, 1914 |
Died | July 20, 2009(2009-07-20) (aged 95) Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States |
Nationality | American |
Citizenship | United States |
Alma mater | Columbia University |
Known for | Proxemics, High-context and low-context cultures, monochronic and polychronic time |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Anthropology |
Institutions | United States Army, University of Denver, Bennington College, Harvard Business School, Illinois Institute of Technology, Northwestern University, United States Department of State |
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