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Francis Ysidro Edgeworth

1845 - 1926

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Francis Ysidro Edgeworth (8 February 1845 – 13 February 1926) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Francis Ysidro Edgeworth is the 184th most popular economist (down from 176th in 2019), the 108th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 89th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Irish Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Francis Ysidro Edgeworth ranks 184 out of 414. Before him are Piero Sraffa, Eli Heckscher, János Kornai, Wilhelm Röpke, Jacques Claude Marie Vincent de Gournay, and Myron Scholes. After him are Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen, Michel Camdessus, Walter Eucken, Peter Navarro, Gustav Cassel, and Kenneth E. Boulding.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1845, Francis Ysidro Edgeworth ranks 46. Before him are Émile Baudot, Émile Boutroux, Eugène Grasset, Elihu Root, Tina Blau, and Friedrich Martens. After him are Henri Joseph Anastase Perrotin, Afonso, Prince Imperial of Brazil, André Bessette, Jules Guesde, Wollert Konow, and Walter Crane. Among people deceased in 1926, Francis Ysidro Edgeworth ranks 46. Before him are Robert Todd Lincoln, Maria Letizia Bonaparte, Duchess of Aosta, Ivana Kobilca, Émile Coué, Nikolay Chkheidze, and Leonid Krasin. After him are Désiré-Joseph Mercier, Victor Babeș, Léon Charles Thévenin, Albert Robida, Krste Misirkov, and Annie Oakley.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Francis Ysidro Edgeworth ranks 108 out of 549. Before him are Pierce Butler (1744), Edward England (1685), Saint Kilian (640), James Hoban (1762), Peter Lacy (1678), and Fionnula Flanagan (1941). After him are Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope (1883), Sheamus (1978), Douglas Hyde (1860), Eliza Lynch (1833), Kevin Roche (1922), and Neil Jordan (1950).

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Among ECONOMISTS In Ireland

Among economists born in Ireland, Francis Ysidro Edgeworth ranks 2. Before him are Richard Cantillon (1680).

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