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Alfred Marshall

1842 - 1924

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Alfred Marshall (26 July 1842 – 13 July 1924) was an English economist and one of the most influential economists of his time. His book Principles of Economics (1890) was the dominant economic textbook in England for many years, and brought the ideas of supply and demand, marginal utility, and costs of production into a coherent whole, popularizing the modern neoclassical approach which dominates microeconomics to this day. As a result, he is known as the father of scientific economics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alfred Marshall is the 16th most popular economist (down from 12th in 2019), the 296th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 162nd in 2019) and the 6th most popular British Economist.

Alfred Marshall is most famous for his book, Principles of Economics, which is considered the first modern economics textbook.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Alfred Marshall ranks 16 out of 414. Before him are Vilfredo Pareto, Milton Friedman, François Quesnay, Joseph Schumpeter, Mario Draghi, and George Shultz. After him are John Law, Ludwig von Mises, W. Arthur Lewis, Klaus Schwab, William F. Sharpe, and Jan Tinbergen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1842, Alfred Marshall ranks 8. Before him are Abdul Hamid II, Stéphane Mallarmé, William James, Peter Kropotkin, Jules Massenet, and Archduke Ludwig Viktor of Austria. After him are Karl May, Dominic Savio, Josef Breuer, Camille Flammarion, Paul Lafargue, and Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann. Among people deceased in 1924, Alfred Marshall ranks 10. Before him are Anatole France, Woodrow Wilson, Louis Sullivan, Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria, Joseph Conrad, and Gabriel Fauré. After him are Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, Paul Henri Balluet d'Estournelles de Constant, Bogd Khan, Carl Spitteler, Frances Hodgson Burnett, and Andrew Irvine.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alfred Marshall ranks 296 out of 8,785. Before him are Jason Statham (1967), Henry I of England (1068), James Black (1924), Mary Tudor, Queen of France (1496), Francis William Aston (1877), and George Best (1946). After him are Saint Ursula (400), Norman Haworth (1883), Edward Smith (1850), John Sulston (1942), John Logie Baird (1888), and Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy (1936).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United Kingdom

Among economists born in United Kingdom, Alfred Marshall ranks 6. Before him are Adam Smith (1723), John Maynard Keynes (1883), David Ricardo (1772), Thomas Robert Malthus (1766), and John Stuart Mill (1806). After him are John Law (1671), John Hicks (1904), William Petty (1623), Ronald Coase (1910), Lionel Robbins (1898), and Benjamin Graham (1894).

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