Nick Fitzhenry
@nickfitzhenry.bsky.social
PhD student in Economic History, LSE.
nicholasfitzhenry.co.uk
Research: death, disease & doctors during Apartheid
Methods: Applied econometrics and historical demography.
Teaching: Industrial Rev., History of Middle East
nicholasfitzhenry.co.uk
Research: death, disease & doctors during Apartheid
Methods: Applied econometrics and historical demography.
Teaching: Industrial Rev., History of Middle East
I'm submitting my PhD dissertation today, with the defence scheduled in early December. Long years of work, but proud of the outcome and excited to develop it further. Thought I'd share the first few pages of the front matter:
September 30, 2025 at 11:21 AM
I'm submitting my PhD dissertation today, with the defence scheduled in early December. Long years of work, but proud of the outcome and excited to develop it further. Thought I'd share the first few pages of the front matter:
Under-5 pneumonia and influenza deaths decline concurrently with diarrhoeal diseases, as observed in other countries. I suspect the spikes in the early 1970s are due to local waves of the H3N2 global (Hong Kong) flu pandemic.
August 8, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Under-5 pneumonia and influenza deaths decline concurrently with diarrhoeal diseases, as observed in other countries. I suspect the spikes in the early 1970s are due to local waves of the H3N2 global (Hong Kong) flu pandemic.
Under-5 diarrhoeal disease death rates in South Africa during the 70s and 80s for coloured (mixed-race), indian and white race groups (apartheid state did not collect complete data for the black majority).
The seasonality and heightened rates for the coloured population are quite shocking.
The seasonality and heightened rates for the coloured population are quite shocking.
August 8, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Under-5 diarrhoeal disease death rates in South Africa during the 70s and 80s for coloured (mixed-race), indian and white race groups (apartheid state did not collect complete data for the black majority).
The seasonality and heightened rates for the coloured population are quite shocking.
The seasonality and heightened rates for the coloured population are quite shocking.
A striking visualisation of vaccine impact: Cape Town whooping cough deaths plummeted after DP (diphtheria and pertussis [whooping cough]) vaccine introduction (1950). Also reveals stark racial health disparities in South Africa, particularly in the first half of the 20th century.
July 24, 2025 at 11:12 AM
A striking visualisation of vaccine impact: Cape Town whooping cough deaths plummeted after DP (diphtheria and pertussis [whooping cough]) vaccine introduction (1950). Also reveals stark racial health disparities in South Africa, particularly in the first half of the 20th century.
Clioguesser: guess the year based on a political map, ranging from 1000 BCE to 2024 CE.
I am 15th on the leaderboard ;)
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I am 15th on the leaderboard ;)
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June 30, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Clioguesser: guess the year based on a political map, ranging from 1000 BCE to 2024 CE.
I am 15th on the leaderboard ;)
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I am 15th on the leaderboard ;)
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Tom Hollander's is the best of the genre
March 30, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Tom Hollander's is the best of the genre
I wrote a guide to a selection of masterpieces in the collection, linking each piece to the literature we covered this year in EH238: The Origins of Growth. Pages below
March 11, 2025 at 2:18 PM
I wrote a guide to a selection of masterpieces in the collection, linking each piece to the literature we covered this year in EH238: The Origins of Growth. Pages below
Last week, we took our students on a tour of the National Gallery, teaching the history of economic and demographic change through art. 🖼️🎨🧵
March 11, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Last week, we took our students on a tour of the National Gallery, teaching the history of economic and demographic change through art. 🖼️🎨🧵
My round for our Christmas dinner party quiz:
🎄Economic Christory 🎄
🎄Economic Christory 🎄
December 11, 2024 at 12:50 PM
My round for our Christmas dinner party quiz:
🎄Economic Christory 🎄
🎄Economic Christory 🎄
I've put together my personal website — rather proud of these (GPT-generated) icons for each of my research projects!
www.nicholasfitzhenry.co.uk
www.nicholasfitzhenry.co.uk
November 22, 2024 at 12:07 PM
I've put together my personal website — rather proud of these (GPT-generated) icons for each of my research projects!
www.nicholasfitzhenry.co.uk
www.nicholasfitzhenry.co.uk
I also recreated this chart by @vincentgeloso.bsky.social
Too many quickly dismiss any causal claim as being single-causal/'deterministic', then counter despairingly that all phenomena are inherently omni-causal.
I try to get them to shift to and evaluate within the 'likely range'.
Too many quickly dismiss any causal claim as being single-causal/'deterministic', then counter despairingly that all phenomena are inherently omni-causal.
I try to get them to shift to and evaluate within the 'likely range'.
November 19, 2024 at 4:56 PM
I also recreated this chart by @vincentgeloso.bsky.social
Too many quickly dismiss any causal claim as being single-causal/'deterministic', then counter despairingly that all phenomena are inherently omni-causal.
I try to get them to shift to and evaluate within the 'likely range'.
Too many quickly dismiss any causal claim as being single-causal/'deterministic', then counter despairingly that all phenomena are inherently omni-causal.
I try to get them to shift to and evaluate within the 'likely range'.