Frank W. Notestein

Frank Wallace Notestein (August 16, 1902 – February 19, 1983) was an American demographer who contributed significantly to the development of the science. He was the founding director of the Office of Population Research at Princeton University, and later president of the Population Council. He was also the first director of the Population Division of the United Nations, 1946–1948.

Selected works

Books

• (membership required for full access) The Future Population of Europe and the Soviet Union: Population Projections, 1940–1970. with Irene B. Taeuber, Dudley Kirk, Ansley J. Coale, and Louise K. Kiser. Geneva: League of Nations. 1944. http://www.questia.com/library/book/the-future-population-of-europe-and-the-soviet-union-population-projections-1940-1970-by-ansley-j-coale-dudley-kirk-louise-k-kiser-frank-w-notestein-irene-b-taeuber.jsp. Retrieved 2008-06-29. 

Papers

• Notestein, Frank W. 1953. "Economic problems of population change", in Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference of Agricultural Economists. London: Oxford University Press, pp. 13–31.[1]

Sources

• Frank W. Notestein Papers 1930–1977, Princeton University Library – includes bio details
• Ansley J. Coale, "Frank W. Notestein, 1902–1983", Population Index, Vol. 49, No. 1 (Spring, 1983), pp. 3–12 accessed at JSTOR

External links

• Frank W. Notestein Papers at Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library, Princeton University