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Margo, Robert A. (Robert Andrew), 1954-

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Personal name headingMargo, Robert A. (Robert Andrew), 1954-
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Birth date19540927
Field of activityEconomics
AffiliationUniversity of Pennsylvania
Colgate University
Vanderbilt University
Boston University
National Bureau of Economic Research
Profession or occupationProfessor
Found inHis Disenfranchisement, sch. finance ... 1985: CIP t.p. (Robert A. Margo) data sht (Robert Andrew Margo, b. 9-27-54) pub. blurb (asst. prof. of econ., U. of Pa.) galley (Ph. D., Harvard, 1982)
Race and schooling in the South, 1880-1950: an economic history, 1990: title page(Robert A. Margo)
BU Economics, via WWW, February 26, 2013 (Robert A. Margo; Professor of Economics and Chair, Department of Economics, at Boston University, and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research; he received his Ph. D. from Harvard University in 1982; from 1981 to 1986 he taught at the University of Pennsylvania; in 1987 he moved to Colgate University where he held the Banfi Vintners' Distinguished Professorship in American Economic History (1987-1989); from 1989 to 2005 he taught at Vanderbilt University; he has been a visiting professor at Harvard University and at Bard College, and a Visiting Scholar at the Russell Sage Foundation in New York City; he is a specialist in the history of the American economy with particular emphasis on the economic history of African-Americans; Margo is also an accomplished performer on classical guitar, classical mandolin, renaissance and baroque lutes; he has given solo and duo performances on classical guitar in Nashville and in Boston, and has also performed in master classes on guitar and mandolin; in the Boston area, he performs regularly with the Providence (Rhode Island) Mandolin Orchestra and the Boston Classical Guitar Orchestra)