| 词条 | Samuel H. Preston |
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| name = Samuel H. Preston | image = | image_size = | image_upright = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age |1943|12|2|mf=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = American | fields = Demography | workplaces = University of Pennsylvania | alma_mater = Princeton University | thesis_title = | thesis_url = | thesis_year = | doctoral_advisor = | doctoral_students = Alberto Palloni | known_for = | awards = }} Samuel Hulse Preston (born December 2, 1943) 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 School of Arts and Sciences at Penn as well as a member of the National Academy of Sciences since 1987.[1] The Preston curve is named after him.{{Citation needed|date=October 2013}} 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. Publications
References1. ^{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.nasonline.org/member-directory/members/51512.html |title=Samuel H. Preston |publisher=National Academy of Sciences |date= |accessdate=July 30, 2016}} External links
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