Robert Fogel
American economist and Nobel laureate (1926–2013)
Died aged 86CancerUnited States
Biography
Robert William Fogel (; July 1, 1926 – June 11, 2013) was an American economic historian and winner (with Douglass North) of the 1993 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. As of his death, he was the Charles R. Walgreen Distinguished Service Professor of American Institutions and director of the Center for Population Economics (CPE) at the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business. He is best known as an advocate of cliometrics, an approach to history emphasizing the use of quantitative methods.
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Career highlights
Career & roles
- university teacher
Employers / organisations
- University of Chicago
- Harvard University
- University of Rochester
- Johns Hopkins University
- University of Cambridge
- Cornell University
Awards & honours (4)
- Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel
- Bancroft Prize
- Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association
- Fellow of the Econometric Society
Quick answers about Robert Fogel
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- Robert Fogel died on June 11, 2013 at the age of 86.
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- Robert Fogel was born on July 1, 1926.
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- Robert Fogel was born in New York City.
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- Robert Fogel's zodiac sign is Cancer.
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- Robert Fogel is a citizen of United States.
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- Robert Fogel is known as economist, economic historian, historian, writer.
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