Francis Ysidro Edgeworth

Francis Ysidro Edgeworth FBA (8 February 1845 – 13 February 1926) was an Irish philosopher and political economist who made significant contributions to the methods of statistics during the 1880s. From 1891 onward he was the editor of a leading academic journal in economics and his own writings in economics were influential.

Read more about Francis Ysidro Edgeworth:  Life, Contributions To Economics

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