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Robert Fogel

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American economist and historian (1926-2013)

United StatesAcademicsLived 1926 to 2013 · aged 86
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Robert William Fogel was an American economic historian and winner of the 1993 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. As of his death, he was the Charles R.

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1993Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel
1975Bancroft Prize
1971Fellow of the Econometric Society
Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association

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Robert William Fogel was an American economic historian and winner 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.

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Lived 1926 to 2013 · aged 86
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