Mortality Past and Present: John Graunt's Bills of Mortality (Part One)
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This event marks the 350th anniversary of the publication of John Graunt’s London Bills of Mortality in 1662.
Part One: Mortality in Historical London
Speakers open the symposium with an historical approach, examining mortality patterns in London in Graunt’s era, as well as assessing the contribution of the Bills of Mortality to the development of demography as a discipline.
The other parts of this symposium can be found here:
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Research Associate, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge. Gill Newton's specialisms include historical demography and historical computing.
Emeritus Professor of Historical Geography and Demography and Fellow of Downing College, University of Cambridge. Professor Smith is a Historical Demographer and Historical...
Senior Research Associate, Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure, University of Cambridge. Dr Davenport is a demographer with interests in...
Professor Sir Roderick Floud FBA became the Provost of Gresham College in September 2008, taking over the role from Lord Sutherland of Houndwood KT FBA. As well as being the...
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