Hans Rosling

Hans Rosling
Rosling in 2016
Born(1948-07-27)27 July 1948
Uppsala, Sweden
Died7 February 2017(2017-02-07) (aged 68)
Uppsala, Sweden
NationalitySwedish
CitizenshipSwedish
Alma materUppsala University
St. John's Medical College
Known forVideo lectures on global health [3]
Spouse
Agneta Thordeman
(m. 1972, died)
Children3 (including Ola Rosling)
AwardsThe World's 100 Most Influential People: 2012[1]
Grierson Awards - Best Science Documentary: 2011[2]
Honorary chieftainship - Liberia[3]
Scientific career
InstitutionsKarolinska Institutet
ThesisCassava, Cyanide, and Epidemic Spastic Paraparesis: A Study in Mozambique on Dietary Cyanide Exposure (1986)
Websitewww.gapminder.org

Hans Rosling (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈhɑːns ˈrûːslɪŋ]; 27 July 1948 – 7 February 2017) was a Swedish physician, academic and public speaker. He was a professor of international health at Karolinska Institute[4] and was the co-founder and chairman of the Gapminder Foundation, which developed the Trendalyzer software system. He held presentations around the world, including several TED Talks[5] in which he promoted the use of data (and data visualization) to explore development issues.[6] His posthumously published book Factfulness, coauthored with his daughter-in-law Anna Rosling Rönnlund and son Ola Rosling, became an international bestseller.[7]

  1. ^ Christakis, Nicholas A. (18 April 2012). "Hans Rosling - The World's 100 Most Influential People: 2012 - TIME". Time. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  2. ^ "The Grierson Trust - Winners". www.griersontrust.org. Archived from the original on 5 November 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  3. ^ a b Maxmen, Amy (2016). "Three minutes with Hans Rosling will change your mind about the world". Nature. 540 (7633): 330–333. Bibcode:2016Natur.540..330M. doi:10.1038/540330a. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 27974780.
  4. ^ "Hans Rosling". Karolinska Institutet. Archived from the original on 12 August 2011. Professor of Public Health Science at the Department of Public Health Sciences since 1997
  5. ^ "Hans Rosling". Ted.com. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference gapminder_death was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ "How a book offering a bright worldview became a surprise bestseller". Evening Standard. 2 July 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2019.

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