Robert Fogel
Robert Fogel Born (1926-07-01)July 1, 1926 New York City, New York, U.S. Died June 11, 2013(2013-06-11) (aged 86) Oak Lawn, Illinois, U.S. Nationality American Field Economic history Cliometrics School or tradition Chicago School Alma mater Stuyvesant High School Cornell University Columbia University Johns Hopkins University Awards Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (1993) Bancroft Prize (1975) Information at IDEAS / RePEc 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. 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 a leading advocate of New economic history or cliometrics—the use of quantitative methods in history.