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Farewell to Lawrence Schlemmer: Initiator of Quality-of-Life Studies in South Africa

Author: Valerie Møller

Published in: Social Indicators Research | Issue 3/2013

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Professor Lawrence Schlemmer, affectionately known as Lawrie, was the father of South Africa’s quality-of-life studies and social indicators movement. He died on 26 October 2011 at the age of 75 after a short illness. …

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Title: Farewell to Lawrence Schlemmer: Initiator of Quality-of-Life Studies in South Africa
Author: Valerie Møller
Publication date: 01-02-2013
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published in: Social Indicators Research / Issue 3/2013
Print ISSN: 0303-8300
Electronic ISSN: 1573-0921
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-011-9965-8

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