Economist
Robert Fogel
Cliometrics, and a reassessment of railways and of slavery by measurement.
Robert William Fogel was an American economic historian and winner 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.
- Born
- 1926-07-01, New York City, USAA Thursday
- Died
- 2013-06-11, Oak Lawn, USAA Tuesday, aged 86
- At birth
- Sun in Cancer, Moon in Pisces
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1926-07-01, New York City, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
America/New_YorkThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Cancer | 9°02′ | Direct |
| Moon | Pisces | 27°29′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Leo | 3°28′ | Direct |
| Venus | Gemini | 3°15′ | Direct |
| Mars | Aries | 11°12′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Aquarius | 26°47′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Scorpio | 19°49′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Pisces | 29°26′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Leo | 22°53′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Cancer | 14°06′ | Direct |
Death Chart
2013-06-11, Oak Lawn, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/Chicagothe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Gemini | 20°55′ | Direct |
| Moon | Cancer | 24°03′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Cancer | 15°08′ | Direct |
| Venus | Cancer | 10°31′ | Direct |
| Mars | Gemini | 7°59′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Gemini | 26°42′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Scorpio | 5°22′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Aries | 12°00′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Pisces | 5°22′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Capricorn | 10°47′ | Retrograde |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Robert Fogel was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.