David Landes

David S. Landes
Born(1924-04-29)April 29, 1924
New York City
DiedAugust 17, 2013(2013-08-17) (aged 89)
Haverford, Pennsylvania
NationalityAmerican
Academic career
FieldEconomic History
InstitutionHarvard University
Alma materHarvard University
City College of New York
AwardsDocteur honoris causa, Université de Lille, France, 1973
Docteur ès Sciences économiques et sociales, honoris causa, Université de Genève, Switzerland, 1990
Doctor, honoris causa, University of Ancona, 1990
Docteur ès Sciences économiques, Université de Neuchâtel, 1991
Docteur honoris causa, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Zurich, 1993
Doctor honoris causa, Bard College, 1999
Professor honoris causa, Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales, Jouy-en-Josas, 2000

David Saul Landes (April 29, 1924 – August 17, 2013) was a professor of economics and of history at Harvard University.[1] He is the author of Bankers and Pashas, Revolution in Time, The Unbound Prometheus, The Wealth and Poverty of Nations, and Dynasties.[2] Such works have received both praise for detailed retelling of economic history, as well as scorn on charges of Eurocentrism, a charge he openly embraced, arguing that an explanation for an economic miracle that happened originally only in Europe must of necessity be a Eurocentric analysis.

  1. ^ "David Landes In Memoriam (1924–2013)". Harvard University. August 20, 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21.
  2. ^ Morris, Charles (29 October 2006). "Dynasties – By David S. Landes – Books - Review – New York Times". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 January 2011.