Historical Figure

John Graunt

British demographer

About John Graunt

John Graunt has been regarded as the founder of demography. Graunt was one of the first demographers, and perhaps the first epidemiologist, though by profession he was a haberdasher. He was bankrupted later in life by losses suffered during Great Fire of London and the discrimination he faced following his conversion to Catholicism.Wikipedia ↗

Associated Events

Pandemic1665 CE – 1666 CE

Great Plague of London

The last major outbreak of bubonic plague in England killed approximately 100,000 people — nearly a quarter of London's population — in just 18 months, prompting unprecedented urban public health interventions and a mass exodus of the wealthy from the city.