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Robert Solow

American economist (1924-2023) · United States · On the map · Academics · Died at 99

Robert Merton Solow, GCIH was an American economist known for his studies of economic growth and the development of the Solow-Swan model, for which he won the 1987 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.

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2023Died21 December 20232014Presidential Medal of FreedomAward1999National Medal of ScienceAward1994Honorary Doctorate from CNAMAward1987Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred NobelAward1985Adam Smith AwardAward1974Honorary Doctor of the University of Paris 1 Pantheon-SorbonneAward1961John Bates Clark MedalAward1957Fellow of the Econometric SocietyAward1924Born23 August 1924

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Presidential Medal of Freedom2014
National Medal of Science1999
Honorary Doctorate from CNAM1994
Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel1987
Adam Smith Award1985
Honorary Doctor of the University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne1974
John Bates Clark Medal1961
Fellow of the Econometric Society1957
Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order
Harvard Centennial Medal
Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association
Fisher-Schultz Lecture
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Honorary Doctorate of Pompeu Fabra University
Honorary Doctorate

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Country
United States
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1924 to 2023 · aged 99

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