Francis Ysidro Edgeworth

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academic economist human statistician

Francis Ysidro Edgeworth was a pioneering Irish economist and statistician known for his foundational contributions to microeconomic theory, welfare economics, and the development of mathematical economics.

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instanceOf academic ⓘ
economist ⓘ
human ⓘ
statistician ⓘ
academicDegree Bachelor of Arts ⓘ
birthDate 1845-02-08 ⓘ
birthPlace County Longford ⓘ
Edgeworthstown ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
deathDate 1926-02-13 ⓘ
editorOf The Economic Journal ⓘ
educatedAt Balliol College, Oxford ⓘ
Trinity College Dublin ⓘ
employer King’s College London ⓘ
surface form: King's College London

University of Oxford ⓘ
era 19th-century economics ⓘ
early 20th-century economics ⓘ
familyName Edgeworth ⓘ
fieldOfWork economics ⓘ
mathematical economics ⓘ
microeconomics ⓘ
statistics ⓘ
welfare economics ⓘ
fullName Francis Ysidro Edgeworth self-link ⓘ
givenName Francis ⓘ
influenced Arthur Cecil Pigou ⓘ
John R. Hicks ⓘ
surface form: John Hicks

Vilfredo Pareto ⓘ
modern microeconomic theory ⓘ
influencedBy Jeremy Bentham ⓘ
William Stanley Jevons ⓘ
knownFor Edgeworth box ⓘ
Walrasian market-clearing framework ⓘ
surface form: Edgeworth conjecture

Edgeworth series ⓘ
contract curve concept ⓘ
indifference curves in economics ⓘ
marginal productivity theory contributions ⓘ
probability theory contributions ⓘ
statistical approximation methods ⓘ
theory of exchange ⓘ
utility theory contributions ⓘ
welfare economics foundations ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf Royal Statistical Society ⓘ
nationality Irish ⓘ
notableWork Mathematical Psychics ⓘ
Papers Relating to Political Economy ⓘ
positionHeld Drummond Professor of Political Economy at the University of Oxford ⓘ
surface form: Drummond Professor of Political Economy

President of the Royal Statistical Society ⓘ
Professor of Political Economy at King's College London ⓘ
editor of The Economic Journal ⓘ
publicationYearOf 1881: Mathematical Psychics ⓘ

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