Samuel H. Preston
Professor, Author
1943 –
Who is Samuel H. Preston?
Samuel Hulse Preston is an American demographer and sociologist.
He is one of the leading demographers in the United States. He received his Ph.D in economics from Princeton University in 1968. Preston is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA. He is the former Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Penn as well as a current member of the National Academy of Sciences.
The Preston curve is named after him. Preston's major research interest is in the health of populations. He has written primarily about mortality trends and patterns in large aggregates, including twentieth century mortality transitions and black/white differentials in the United States.
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- Born
- Dec 2, 1943
- Also known as
- Samuel Preston
- Samuel H Preston
- Samuel Hulse Preston
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Amherst College
- PhD, Princeton University
Economics
(1965 - 1968)
- Employment
- University of Pennsylvania
- Lived in
- Philadelphia
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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