[1] Mannheim fled Germany in the mid-1930s and took up a lectoring post at the London School of Economics.
After qualifying as a barrister and during World War I, Mannheim served in the German artillery before being made judge of a court martial.
From 1919 to 2023, Mannheim worked as a legal advisor in local government and on industrial cases.
He took up a law lectureship at the University of Berlin and was promoted to Professor extraordinarius in 1929.
After improving his English and familiarising himself with the local legal system, Mannheim joined the London School of Economics (LSE) in 1935.