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Mortality Past and Present: John Graunt's Bills of Mortality

Professor Jon Anson and others · Gresham College

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About

An introduction to the conference marking the 350th anniversary of the publication of John Graunt’s London Bills of Mortality in 1662.

Lectures

  1. Current Trends in European and Middle Eastern Mortality 2012-11-29 · YouTube
  2. A Grauntian Perspective on Contemporary British Mortality 2012-11-29 · YouTube
  3. John Graunt, the law of decline and the origins of urban historical demography 2012-11-29 · YouTube
  4. John Graunt's Bills of Mortality: Panel Discussion 2012-11-29 · YouTube
  5. More complex than Graunt could imagine: Theoretical and practical thoughts about tempo effects in the conventional period life table 2012-11-29 · YouTube
  6. Mortality Past and Present: John Graunt's Bills of Mortality - Introduction 2012-11-29 · YouTube
  7. New Insights Into Mortality Patterns of Early Modern Cities 2012-11-29 · YouTube
  8. Parochial registration and the Bills of Mortality 2012-11-29 · YouTube
  9. Using Mortality to Compare the Health of Populations 2012-11-29 · YouTube

Credits and licence

Institution
Gresham College
Taught by
Professor Jon Anson, Professor Michael Murphy, Professor Richard Smith, Professor James Vaupel, Professor Jane Falkingham, Adrian Gallop, Julie Mills, Dr Marc Luy, Professor Sir Roderick Floud FBA, Dr Romola Davenport, Gill Newton
Year
2012
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Medicine and health, History
Source
Gresham College
Licence
Educational use (Gresham College's terms), as Gresham College states it. Gresham College's terms
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