Douglass North

Douglass Cecil North (November 5, 1920 – November 23, 2015) was an American economist. He is known for his work in economic history. In 1993, he received the Nobel Prize in Economics.

Douglass C. North
Born(1920-11-05)November 5, 1920
Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedNovember 23, 2015(2015-11-23) (aged 95)
Benzonia, Michigan, U.S.
NationalityUnited States
InstitutionWashington University in St. Louis
Stanford University
University of Washington
Cambridge University
FieldEconomic history
School or
tradition		New institutional economics
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley
AwardsNobel Prize in Economics (1993)

In the words of the Nobel Committee, North and Robert Fogel were awarded the prize "for having renewed research in economic history by applying economic theory and quantitative methods in order to explain economic and institutional change."

North was one of 20 Nobel Laureates[1] who signed the "Stockholm memorandum" at the 3rd Nobel Laureate Symposium on Global Sustainability in Stockholm, Sweden on 18 May 2011.[2]

North was born on November 5, 1920 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.[3] He studied at Washington University in St. Louis, and Stanford University, at the University of Washington, and at Cambridge University. North has three sons from a failed marriage.

North died on November 23, 2015 at his summer house in Benzonia, Michigan the age of 95 from esophageal cancer.[4]

References
  1. Such as Peter Agre, Nadine Gordimer, Yuan T. Lee, Elinor Ostrom, Werner Arber, David Gross, James Mirrlees, Carlo Rubbia, Paul J. Crutzen, Mario J. Molina, Amartya Sen, Peter Doherty (scientist), Walter Kohn, John Sulston, Murray Gell-Mann, Harold Kroto, Douglas Osheroff, Muhammad Yunus
  2. "Stockholm Memorandum," Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine Nobel-cause.de, 2011
  3. North's Profile Archived 2008-08-28 at the Wayback Machine, Hoover Institution
  4. "Douglass C. North, Maverick Economist and Nobel Laureate, Dies at 95". New York Times.com. Retrieved December 24, 2015.

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