ALVIN TOFFLER

SOCIOLOGICAL
FOUNDATIONS

CAREER OVERVIEW

Alvin Toffler (1928–2016) was an American writer and futurist whose list of
bestselling books includes Future Shock, The Third Wave, and Powershift.

EARLY LIFE
Alvin Toffler was born in New York City on October 4, 1928 and raised in
Brooklyn. He was the son of Rose (Albaum), a Polish Jew who immigrated to
America, and Sam Toffler, a furrier. He had one sister. He was inspired to
become a writer when he was seven by his uncle and aunt, who lived with
the Toffler family.

CONTRIBUTIONS EDUCATION
Toffler is a prominent futurist and Mr. Toffler, who graduated from New York
the proponent of the theory of University in 1950 as an English major, by his
'The Third Wave society'. In his own account: He said he was more interested
theory, Toffler has explicitly in politics than his grades.
discussed the role of knowledge
and technology in effecting
changes and thus shaping the
coming of the new type of society
in the future.

QOUTES LATER LIFE AND DEATH

IT IS BETTER TO ERR ON THE SIDE
OF DARING THAN THE SIDE OF
CAUTION.
HE MET HIS FUTURE WIFE, ADELAIDE
ELIZABETH FARRELL, WHERE THEY WERE
MARRIED ON APRIL 29, 1950.
ALVIN TOFFLER DIED IN HIS SLEEP ON JUNE
27, 2016, AT HIS HOME IN LOS ANGELES. NO
CAUSE OF DEATH WAS GIVEN. HE IS BURIED
AT WESTWOOD MEMORIAL PARK.