Robert Fogel

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Robert Fogel
Born	(1926-07-01)July 1, 1926 New York City, U.S.
Died	June 11, 2013(2013-06-11) (aged 86) Oak Lawn, Illinois, U.S.
Academic background
Education	Cornell University (BA) Columbia University (MA) Johns Hopkins University (PhD)
Doctoral advisor	Simon Kuznets
Other advisors	Evsey Domar Abba Lerner Fritz Machlup
Academic work
Discipline	Economic history Cliometrics
School or tradition	Chicago School
Institutions	Johns Hopkins University University of Rochester University of Chicago Harvard University[1]
Awards	Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (1993) Bancroft Prize (1975)
Website	Information at IDEAS / RePEc

Robert William Fogel (/ˈfoʊɡəl/; 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^[2] and director of the Center for Population Economics (CPE)^[3] 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.^[4]