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

- 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](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/series/mortality-past-and-present)
- Licence: [Educational use (Gresham College's terms)](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

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](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-mortality-past-and-present/30b095aa69f2) (YouTube)
2. [A Grauntian Perspective on Contemporary British Mortality](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-mortality-past-and-present/1f433b38b06f) (YouTube)
3. [John Graunt, the law of decline and the origins of urban historical demography](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-mortality-past-and-present/a9d16168d580) (YouTube)
4. [John Graunt's Bills of Mortality: Panel Discussion](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-mortality-past-and-present/660bb9a53304) (YouTube)
5. [More complex than Graunt could imagine: Theoretical and practical thoughts about tempo effects in the conventional period life table](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-mortality-past-and-present/4a5530234966) (YouTube)
6. [Mortality Past and Present: John Graunt's Bills of Mortality - Introduction](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-mortality-past-and-present/c4fe4aa554f3) (YouTube)
7. [New Insights Into Mortality Patterns of Early Modern Cities](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-mortality-past-and-present/e329c16d593c) (YouTube)
8. [Parochial registration and the Bills of Mortality](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-mortality-past-and-present/176a1eb07202) (YouTube)
9. [Using Mortality to Compare the Health of Populations](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-mortality-past-and-present/31fe04ab2277) (YouTube)