What is Peter L. Berger?
{{Infobox scientist |image = Peter Ludwig Berger.jpg |caption = |birth_name = Peter Ludwig Berger |birth_date = {{Birth date |1929|3|17}} |birth_place = [[Vienna]], [[First Republic of Austria|Austria]] |death_date = {{death date and age|2017|6|27|1929|3|17}} |death_place =[[Brookline, Massachusetts]], U.S. |residence = |citizenship = |nationality = |fields = [[Sociology]], [[Theology]] |workplaces = [[Boston University]] |alma_mater = [[Wagner College]] (B.A. 1949)<br />[[The New School]] (M.A. 1950, Ph.D. 1954) |doctoral_advisor = |academic_advisors = |doctoral_students = |notable_students = |known_for = Co-author of ''[[The Social Construction of Reality]]'' |author_abbrev_bot = |author_abbrev_zoo = |influences = [[Max Weber]], [[Alfred Schütz]] |influenced = |awards = |signature = <!--(filename only)--> |footnotes = | spouse = Brigitte Kellner Berger | children = Thomas Ulrich Berger, Michael George Berger }} '''Peter Ludwig Berger''' (March 17, 1929 &ndash; June 27, 2017) was an Austrian-born American [[sociology|sociologist]]. He was known for his work in the [[sociology of knowledge]], the [[sociology of religion]], study of [[modernization]], and theoretical work to [[sociological theory]]. Berger was best known for his book, co-authored with [[Thomas Luckmann]], ''[[The Social Construction of Reality]]: A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge'' (New York, 1966), which is thought to be one of the most influential texts in the sociology of knowledge, and played a central role in the development of [[social constructionism]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.isa-sociology.org/books/books10.htm |title=ISA – Books of the Century. ToP Ten<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2017-06-30 |archive-date=2012-10-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010230113/http://www.isa-sociology.org/books/books10.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==Career== In ad