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Conrad Taeuber and Irene Barnes Taeuber

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Née:
Irene Barnes
Born:
June 15, 1906, Hosmer, S.D., U.S.
Died:
Sept. 11, 1999, Nashua, N.H.
Born:
Dec. 25, 1906, Meadville, Mo., U.S.
Died:
Feb. 24, 1974, Hyattsville, Md.

Conrad Taeuber and Irene Barnes Taeuber (respectively, born June 15, 1906, Hosmer, S.D., U.S.—died Sept. 11, 1999, Nashua, N.H.; born Dec. 25, 1906, Meadville, Mo., U.S.—died Feb. 24, 1974, Hyattsville, Md.) were American demographers, statisticians, and social scientists whose scholarly work helped found the science of demography and made them authorities on population movements in the United States. Conrad Taeuber was educated at the University of Minnesota (Ph.D., 1931). He held a number of positions in government service, including economic analyst in the Federal Emergency Relief agency (1934–35), economist in the Department of Agriculture (1935–40), principal social scientist and acting ...(100 of 315 words)

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