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Johann Heinrich von Thünen

1783 - 1850

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Johann Heinrich von Thünen (24 June 1783 – 22 September 1850), sometimes spelled Thuenen, was a prominent nineteenth-century economist and a native of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, now in northern Germany. Even though he never held a professorial position, Thünen had substantial influence on economics. He has been described as one of the founders of agricultural economics and economic geography. He made substantial contributions to economic debates on rent, land use, and wages. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Heinrich von Thünen is the 89th most popular economist (down from 57th in 2019), the 1,031st most popular biography from Germany (down from 678th in 2019) and the 8th most popular German Economist.

Johann Heinrich von Thünen is most famous for his theory of agricultural land use, which states that the most profitable use of land is to use it for the crop that yields the highest return per unit of land.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Johann Heinrich von Thünen ranks 89 out of 414. Before him are Cornelius Castoriadis, Eugen Dühring, William Stanley Jevons, Irving Fisher, Nikolai Kondratiev, and Dani Rodrik. After him are Robert Reich, Henry Mintzberg, Harry Markowitz, John Kenneth Galbraith, Richard Stone, and Jean-Claude Trichet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1783, Johann Heinrich von Thünen ranks 10. Before him are Washington Irving, Agustín de Iturbide, N. F. S. Grundtvig, Vasily Zhukovsky, Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia, and Friedrich Sertürner. After him are Archduke Rainer Joseph of Austria, Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, Hugh Glass, Catharina of Württemberg, Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, and William Sturgeon. Among people deceased in 1850, Johann Heinrich von Thünen ranks 14. Before him are Daoguang Emperor, Marie Tussaud, Louise of Orléans, Frédéric Bastiat, Lin Zexu, and José Gervasio Artigas. After him are Robert Peel, Nikolaus Lenau, Adam Oehlenschläger, Wilhelm Beer, Józef Bem, and Germain Henri Hess.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johann Heinrich von Thünen ranks 1,031 out of 7,253. Before him are Günther Lütjens (1889), Joseph Wirth (1879), Günther Prien (1908), Anna Magdalena Bach (1701), Leopold I, Margrave of Austria (940), and Joseph Karl Stieler (1781). After him are Henri Victor Regnault (1810), John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen (1604), Wilhelm Gustloff (1895), Beate Klarsfeld (1939), Duke Ludwig Wilhelm in Bavaria (1831), and August Kopff (1882).

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Among ECONOMISTS In Germany

Among economists born in Germany, Johann Heinrich von Thünen ranks 8. Before him are Klaus Schwab (1938), Wassily Leontief (1906), Werner Sombart (1863), Friedrich List (1789), Albert O. Hirschman (1915), and Eugen Dühring (1833). After him are Franz Oppenheimer (1864), Alfred Weber (1868), Lorenz von Stein (1815), Hermann Heinrich Gossen (1810), Oskar Morgenstern (1902), and Gottfried Feder (1883).

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