Robert Fogel
American economist, historian
Died when: 86 years 345 days (1043 months)Star Sign: Cancer
Robert William Fogel (/'fo?g?l/;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.
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.
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