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Francis Ysidro Edgeworth
Francis Ysidro Edgeworth was an Anglo-Irish philosopher and political economist who made significant contributions to the methods of statistics during the 1880s. From 1891 onward, he was appointed the founding editor of The Economic Journal.
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science · Irish economist (1845–1926) · economist · statistician · lawyer · mathematician · barrister · also Francis Ysidro Edgeworth, Francis Edgeworth, Francis Y. Edgeworth, Edgeworth
Born 8 February 1845 · Died 13 February 1926 · Q355607
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1928· 1 entry
Arthur Lyon Bowley published a book entitled and devoted to F
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1926· 1 entry
Died 1926-02-13.
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1912· 1 entry
Career landmark: president of the Royal Statistical Society (1912–1914).
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1907· 1 entry
Won Guy Medal in Gold (1907).
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1897· 1 entry
In an article on monopoly pricing, Edgeworth criticised Cournot's exact solution to the duopoly problem with quantity adjustments as well as Bertrand's "instantly competitive" result in a duopoly model with price adjustm
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1891· 3 entries
Career landmark: Drummond Professor of Political Economy (1891–1922).
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Was also appointed the founding editor of The Economic Journal
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Career landmark: editor (1891–1911).
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1888· 1 entry
And in 1891, he was appointed Drummond Professor of Political Economy at Oxford University
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1881· 1 entry
At the beginning of his long career in the subject
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1869· 1 entry
Studied at University of Oxford, Master of Arts (1867–1869).
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1867· 1 entry
Went to Oxford and was admitted to Balliol College, Oxford in 1868
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1866· 1 entry
Studied at Trinity College, Dublin, Bachelor of Arts (1862–1866).
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1845· 1 entry
Born 1845-02-08.
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