Frederic L. Pryor was born on 23 April 1933 in Owosso, Michigan. USA. He was married to Zora Prochazka. He died on 2 September 2019 in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, USA.
He joined the faculty of Swarthmore College in 1967. He published more than a dozen books and more than 100 articles on the economics of Eastern Europe, agriculture, income inequality, and other topics.
