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Alfred Sauvy

Demographer, anthropologist and historian of the French economy (1898-1990) · France · On the map · Academics · Died at 91

Alfred Sauvy was a demographer, anthropologist and historian of the French economy.

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Montyon Science Award1967
Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour
Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit
Commander of the Legion of Honour
Commander of the French Order of Academic Palms

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Sauvy made an important early use of the phrase Third World in reference to countries that were unaligned with either the Western bloc or the Eastern bloc during the Cold War, for which he has often been credited with coining the phrase.

Country
France
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1898 to 1990 · aged 91