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Robert William Fogel (⫽ ˈ f oʊ ɡ əl ⫽; 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.
The late Robert Fogel was an economic historian at the University of Chicago who won the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 1993 for his studies of slavery in the United States, and the role railroads played in the development of the economy. He shared the 1993 Nobel Prize with Douglass C. North.
The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1993 was awarded jointly to Robert W. Fogel and Douglass C. North "for having renewed research in economic history by applying economic theory and quantitative methods in order to explain economic and institutional change"
Jun 11, 2013 · Fogel was an economic historian at the University of Chicago who used quantitative methods to study slavery, railroads, aging and other topics. He challenged conventional wisdom and won the Nobel Prize in 1993 for his research on economic history.
Jun 11, 2013 · Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. Robert W. Fogel. The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1993. Born: 1 July 1927, New York, NY, USA. Died: 11 June 2013, Oak Lawn, IL, USA. Affiliation at the time of the award: University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Jun 26, 2024 · Robert William Fogel (born July 1, 1926, New York, New York, U.S.—died June 11, 2013, Oak Lawn, Illinois) was an American economist who, with Douglass C. North, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Economics in 1993.
R obert Fogel was corecipient (with Douglass C. North) of the 1993 Nobel Prize in economics “for having renewed research in economic history by applying economic theory and quantitative methods in order to explain economic and institutional change.”
