About this episode

This episode discusses John Graunt, a shopkeeper in 17th-century London, and his contributions to demography and epidemiology.

John Graunt was a shopkeeper in 17th-century London who followed his own curiosity to a rather grand result. His work gave rise to the fields of demography and epidemiology.

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