Robert Fogel

Robert William Fogel (July 1, 1926 – June 11, 2013) was an American economic historian and scientist, and winner (with Douglass North) of the 1993 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.

Fogel was born on July 1, 1926 in New York City, New York to Russian-Jewish parents. He was raised in Chicago, Illinois. Fogel graduated from Stuyvesant High School in 1944. He studied at Cornell University, at Columbia University, and at Johns Hopkins University. Fogel died on June 11, 2013, at a health services center in Oak Park, Illinois of a short illness, aged 86.

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Nobel prize autobiography

Review of Fogel's "Escape from Hunger and Premature Death" Lance Davis review essay on Fogel's Railroads and American Economic Growth Thomas Weiss review essay on Fogel and Engerman's Time on the Cross Podcast Interview with co-author Stanley Engerman on Time on the Cross on EconTalk at Econlib RePEc (Research Papers in Economics) updated information about Robert W. Fogel Feature article in The University of Chicago magazine IDEAS/RePEc

1926 births

2013 deaths

American economists

American historians

American Nobel Prize winners

Jewish American academics

Jewish American scientists

Jewish Nobel Prize winners

Scientists from Chicago

Scientists from New York City

Writers from Chicago

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