Robert Fogel
Robert Fogel | |
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| Born | July 1, 1926 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | June 11, 2013 (aged 86) Oak Lawn, Illinois, U.S. |
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| Education | Cornell University (BA) Columbia University (MA) Johns Hopkins University (PhD) |
| Doctoral advisor | Simon Kuznets |
| Other advisors | Evsey Domar Abba Lerner Fritz Machlup |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Economic history Cliometrics |
| School or tradition | Chicago School |
| Institutions | Johns Hopkins University University of Rochester University of Chicago Harvard University |
| Awards | Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (1993) Bancroft Prize (1975) |
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Robert William Fogel (/ˈfoʊɡəl/; 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 new economic history (cliometrics) – the use of quantitative methods in history.