Gunnar Heckscher
Heckscher was born in Djursholm, son of economist Eli Heckscher. He graduated from Uppsala University in 1927 and obtained a PhD 1934. He lectured in political science at Uppsala between 1933 and 1941 and at what later became Stockholm University between 1941 and 1948. He was Dean of the Social Institute of Stockholm 1945-1954. He became a professor in 1948 and worked at both the Social Institute and at Stockholm University.
Eike Christian Hirsch
Eike Christian Hirsch (born 1937) is a German journalist and author. He studied theology and philosophy in Goettingen, Heidelberg and Basel. Up to 1996 he was an editor in sound broadcasting at the NDR and is now a freelance journalist. He wrote books on questions of faith and the German language. He is also the wrote a series of humorous word definitions, "Deutsch für Besserwisser", which were first published in the Stern and later collected into book form.