David Landes#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 1759 |
| Membership type: | FOREIGN |
| Section: | HISTORY & ARCHAEOLOGY |
| Elected: | 1997 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED STATES |
David Landes passed away August 18, 2013.
Positions Held
- 1996 Harvard University, Coolidge Professor of History and Professor of Economics, Emeritus
- 1984 - 1992 Senior Fellow of the Society of Fellows, Harvard University
- 1950 -1953 Junior Fellow of the Society of Fellows, Harvard University
Fields of Scholarship
- International economic development through the lens of a historian
Honours and Awards
- 2000 First Laureate, Prix European du Livre d’Economie, for The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some Are So Rich and Some So Poor
- 2004 Leonardo da Vinci Prize, Society for the History of Technology, for research in the history of technology and engineering
- Honorary Memberships, Learned Societies: National Academy of Science; American Academy of Arts and Sciences; American Philosophical Society; British Academy; Royal Historical Society; Koninklijke Academie van Belgie; Accademia dei Lincei
