Walter Scheidel | |
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 Scheidel at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting of the New Champions in 2012 | |
| Born | 9 July 1966 Vienna, Austria |
| Nationality | Austrian |
| Alma mater | University of Vienna |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Historian |
| Institutions | Stanford University |
Walter Scheidel (born 9 July 1966) is an Austrian historian who teaches ancient history at Stanford University, California. Scheidel's main research interests are ancient social and economic history, pre-modern historical demography, and comparative and transdisciplinary approaches to world history.[1]
- ^ Personal website at Department of Classics, Stanford University