Background
LANDES, David S. was born in 1924 in New York City, New York, United States of America.
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LANDES, David S. was born in 1924 in New York City, New York, United States of America.
Social Studies, Harvard University, 1964-1972, 1972-1975,
81, since 1977, since 1981. Overseas Fellow, Churchill College Cambridge, 1968-1969. Professeur Associé, University Paris-IV,
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Visiting Professor, University Zürich and Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Zürich, 1978.
Degrees Bachelor of Arts City College, New York, 1942. Master of Arts, Doctor of Philosophy Harvard University, 1943, 1953. Dr h.c. University de Lille, 1973.
Junior Fellow, Society Fellow, Harvard University, 1950-1953. Assistant Professor, Association Professor of Economics, Columbia University,
5, 1955-1958. Professor Hist, and Economics, University California Berkeley, 1958-1964.
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Williams Professor Hist, and Political Science, Robert Walton Goelet Professor French History, Professor of Economics, Chairman, Faculty Committee. Coolidge Professor History, Professor of Economics, Harvard University, since 1981. Board of Syndics., Harvard University Press, 1980-1983.
Editorial Boards, Kyklos, Journal of Economic History, J. Social Hist, J. Interdisciplinary Hist, Technology and History.
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