Robert Solow, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Robert Solow

American economist

Date of Birth: 23-Aug-1924

Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, United States

Profession: professor, economist, university teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Robert Merton Solow, GCIH (; born August 23, 1924), is an American economist, particularly known for his work on the theory of economic growth that culminated in the exogenous growth model named after him.
He is currently Emeritus Institute Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he has been a professor since 1949.
He was awarded the John Bates Clark Medal in 1961, the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1987, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2014.
Four of his PhD students, George Akerlof, Joseph Stiglitz, Peter Diamond and William Nordhaus later received Nobel Memorial Prizes in Economic Sciences in their own right.