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John Graunt

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British demographer and statistician

Lived 1620 to 1674 · aged 53
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John Graunt has been regarded as the founder of demography. Graunt was one of the first demographers, and perhaps the first epidemiologist, though by profession he was a haberdasher.

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Bill of Mortality from 1606, one of the earlier times which John Graunt looked at in his work.Bill of Mortality from 1606, one of the earlier times which John Graunt looked at in his work.Table of Casualties in Natural and Political Observations Made Upon the Bills of Mortality (5th edition, published 1676)Table of Casualties in Natural and Political Observations Made Upon the Bills of Mortality (5th edition, published 1676)

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John Graunt has been regarded as the founder of demography. Graunt was one of the first demographers, and perhaps the first epidemiologist, though by profession he was a haberdasher. He was bankrupted later in life by losses suffered during Great Fire of London and the discrimination he faced following his conversion to Catholicism.

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Lived 1620 to 1674 · aged 53
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