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Tim Dyson is a British demographer born in 1949, specializing in India's population and global demographic change. He is professor emeritus of Population Studies at the London School of Economics and a Fellow of the British Academy, elected in 2001.
Tim Dyson's books include "A Population History of India: From the First Modern People to the Present Day" (Oxford University Press, 2018), "Population and Development: The Demographic Transition" (Zed Books, 2010), "Famine Demography: Perspectives from the Past and Present" (Oxford University Press, 2002), and "Population and Food: Global Trends and Future Prospects" (Psychology Press, 1996). He also published "India's Demography: Essays on the Contemporary Population" in 1982 and co-edited "Twenty-first Century India: Population, Economy, Human Development, and the Environment" with Robert Cassen and Leela Visaria.
Tim Dyson was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 2001.
Tim Dyson holds the title of professor emeritus of Population Studies at the London School of Economics.
Tim Dyson's "A Population History of India: From the First Modern People to the Present Day," published by Oxford University Press in 2018, traces India's population from the earliest modern humans to the present day.
Tim Dyson examined famine from a demographic perspective in "Famine Demography: Perspectives from the Past and Present," published by Oxford University Press in 2002, drawing on both historical and contemporary cases. His earlier 1996 book "Population and Food: Global Trends and Future Prospects," published by Psychology Press, placed population growth in direct conversation with the world's capacity to produce food.