Robert Fogel

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economic historian economist human university teacher

Robert Fogel was a Nobel Prize–winning economic historian known for applying quantitative, Chicago School–style economic analysis to historical questions such as the economics of slavery and railroads.

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instanceOf economic historian ⓘ
economist ⓘ
human ⓘ
university teacher ⓘ
academicDiscipline economic history ⓘ
economics ⓘ
awardReceived Bancroft Prize ⓘ
John R. Commons Award ⓘ
Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences ⓘ
Tjalling C. Koopmans Econometric Theory Prize ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1926-07-01 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2013-06-11 ⓘ
educatedAt Columbia University ⓘ
Cornell University ⓘ
Johns Hopkins University ⓘ
employer Harvard University ⓘ
University of Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ
University of Rochester ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jewish Americans ⓘ
surface form: Jewish American
familyName Fogel ⓘ
fieldOfWork cliometrics ⓘ
quantitative economic history ⓘ
givenName Robert ⓘ
hasOccupation author ⓘ
professor ⓘ
researcher ⓘ
knownFor applying quantitative methods to economic history ⓘ
cliometric revolution in economic history ⓘ
economic analysis of railroads ⓘ
economic analysis of slavery in the United States ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf Chicago school of economics NERFINISHED ⓘ
nobelPrizeDiscipline Economic Sciences ⓘ
nobelPrizeSharedWith Douglass C. North ⓘ
nobelPrizeYear 1993 ⓘ
notableIdea quantitative reassessment of the impact of railroads on U.S. economic growth ⓘ
reinterpretation of the economic efficiency of slavery ⓘ
notableWork Railroads and American Economic Growth ⓘ
Time on the Cross ⓘ
placeOfBirth New York City ⓘ
placeOfDeath City of Chicago ⓘ
surface form: Chicago
positionHeld Charles R. Walgreen Distinguished Service Professor of American Institutions ⓘ
director of the Center for Population Economics at the University of Chicago ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
workLocation Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ

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