Douglass North
| Douglass North | |
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| Born |
November 5, 1920 Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died |
November 23, 2015 (aged 95) Benzonia, Michigan, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Institution |
University of Washington Rice University Cambridge University Washington University in St. Louis Stanford University Hoover Institution |
| Field | Economic history |
| School or tradition |
New institutional economics |
| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley |
| Influences | Melvin M. Knight |
| Awards | Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (1993) |
| Information at IDEAS / RePEc | |
Douglass Cecil North (November 5, 1920 – November 23, 2015) was an American economist known for his work in economic history. He was the co-recipient (with Robert William Fogel) of the 1993 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. In the words of the Nobel Committee, North and Fogel "renewed research in economic history by applying economic theory and quantitative methods in order to explain economic and institutional change."
Douglass North was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on November 5, 1920. He moved several times as a child due to his father's work at MetLife. The family lived in Ottawa, Lausanne, New York City, and Wallingford, Connecticut.
A conscientious objector in World War II, North became a navigator in the Merchant Marine, traveling between San Francisco and Australia. During that time, he read economics and picked up his hobby of photography. He taught navigation at the Maritime Service Officers' School in Alameda during the last year of the war, and struggled with the decision of whether to become a photographer or an economist.
North died on November 23, 2015, at his summer home in Benzonia, Michigan from esophageal cancer at the age of 95.
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