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Robert Fogel

1926 - 2013

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Robert William Fogel (; July 1, 1926 – June 11, 2013) was an American economic historian and winner (with Douglass North) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Fogel is the 106th most popular economist (up from 139th in 2019), the 1,629th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,946th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular American Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Robert Fogel ranks 106 out of 414. Before him are Arthur Cecil Pigou, Dale T. Mortensen, Thomas Mun, Bengt Holmström, Jean Charles Léonard de Sismondi, and Edward C. Prescott. After him are W. Edwards Deming, George Akerlof, John Harsanyi, Richard Thaler, Bingu wa Mutharika, and Friedrich von Wieser.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Robert Fogel ranks 83. Before him are Andrew Schally, Henry Way Kendall, Gyula Grosics, Steve Reeves, Konstantinos Stephanopoulos, and Dennis W. Sciama. After him are Michel Butor, David H. Hubel, Ta Mok, Richard Matheson, Noah Gordon, and George C. Williams. Among people deceased in 2013, Robert Fogel ranks 55. Before him are James M. Buchanan, Erich Priebke, Bert Trautmann, Don Shirley, Chinua Achebe, and Gyula Horn. After him are Tadeusz Mazowiecki, David H. Hubel, Seki Matsunaga, Viktor Kulikov, Richard Matheson, and Antoni Ramallets.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Fogel ranks 1,629 out of 20,380. Before him are Frances Willard (1839), George Armitage Miller (1920), Martin Rodbell (1925), Tony Martin (1913), David Caruso (1956), and Kelly McGillis (1957). After him are Dick Fosbury (1947), Dudley R. Herschbach (1932), Bessie Smith (1894), Maria Mitchell (1818), Jean Webster (1876), and John Vincent Atanasoff (1903).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United States

Among economists born in United States, Robert Fogel ranks 32. Before him are Robert Reich (1946), Harry Markowitz (1927), George Stigler (1911), Claudia Goldin (1946), Dale T. Mortensen (1939), and Edward C. Prescott (1940). After him are W. Edwards Deming (1900), George Akerlof (1940), Richard Thaler (1945), Merton Miller (1923), Thomas Schelling (1921), and Thomas J. Sargent (1943).

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