John Graunt

"Graunt" redirects here. For another use of this surname, see Edward Grant (headmaster).

John Graunt
Born(1620-04-24)24 April 1620
London
Died18 April 1674(1674-04-18) (aged 53)
London
NationalityEnglish

John Graunt (24 April 1620 – 18 April 1674) has been regarded as the founder of demography.[1] Graunt was one of the first demographers, and perhaps the first epidemiologist, though by profession he was a haberdasher. He was bankrupted later in life by losses suffered during Great Fire of London and the discrimination he faced following his conversion to Catholicism.[2]

  1. ^ Glass, D.; Ogborn, M.; Sutherland, I. (1963). "John Graunt and His Natural and Political Observations [and Discussion]". Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences. 159 (974): 2–37. doi:10.1098/rspb.1963.0065. JSTOR 90480. S2CID 153963229.
  2. ^ "Encyclopedia of the Black Death".