Jan de Vries is Sidney Hellman Ehrman Professor of History and Economics Emeritus at the University of California at Berkeley where he served as Vice Provost. He is the author of numerous books and articles in economic history, including The Industrious Revolution and The Price of Bread, both published by Cambridge University Press. He is the recipient of the Heineken Prize in History. Jan de Vries was born in Ouder-Amstel, the Netherlands and raised in Deephaven and Hopkins, Minnesota. He is married with two children and two grandchildren and resides in Berkeley, California.
