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Angus Maddison died on the 24th of April 2010 at the American Hospital of Paris in Neuilly-sur-Seine. His death triggered the launch of the Maddison Project to continue his life work of quantifying economic history back to the year 1.
Angus Maddison was born on the 6th of December 1926 in Newcastle-on-Tyne. He was a British economist who spent his early education at Darlington Grammar School before attending Selwyn College, Cambridge.
The Maddison Project is a global initiative launched in March 2010 to continue Angus Maddison's work on historical economic statistics. This project ensures that his data remains updated and accessible to researchers worldwide after his death on the 24th of April 2010.
Angus Maddison secured his doctorate from the University of Aix-Marseille in France in 1978 when he was 51 years old. He earned this degree while already a leading figure in his field and had been teaching at the University of St. Andrews.
Angus Maddison served as a policy advisor to governments across the globe including Ghana, Pakistan, Brazil, Guinea, Mongolia, the USSR, and Japan. These interactions provided him with an insider's perspective on the factors that drive economic prosperity.
Angus Maddison received a royal decoration as Commander in the Netherlands Order of Orange Nassau on his 80th birthday. He was also awarded an honorary doctorate by Hitotsubashi University in Japan in October 2007.