Stanley Engerman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Stanley Engerman

American economist

Date of Birth: 14-Mar-1936

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States

Profession: economist, historian, university teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Stanley Lewis Engerman (born March 14, 1936) is an economist and economic historian at the University of Rochester.
He received his Ph.D.
in economics in 1962 from Johns Hopkins University.
Engerman is known for his quantitative historical work along with Nobel Prize–winning economist Robert Fogel.
His first major book, co-authored with Robert Fogel in 1974, was Time on the Cross: The Economics of American Negro Slavery.
This significant work, winner of the Bancroft Prize in American history, challenged readers to think critically about the economics of slavery.
Engerman has also published over 100 articles and has authored, co-authored or edited 16 book-length studies. Engerman served as president of the Social Science History Association as well as president of the Economic History Association.
He is professor of Economics and Professor of History at the University of Rochester, where he teaches classes in economic history and the economics of sports and entertainment.
From 2009 to 2012 he was a visiting professor in the Harvard University Economics Department, where he taught the economics of sports and entertainment.