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Kenneth E. Boulding

1910 - 1993

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Kenneth Ewart Boulding (; January 18, 1910 – March 18, 1993) was an English-born American economist, educator, peace activist, and interdisciplinary philosopher. Boulding was the author of two citation classics: The Image: Knowledge in Life and Society (1956) and Conflict and Defense: A General Theory (1962). He was co-founder of general systems theory and founder of numerous ongoing intellectual projects in economics and social science. He was married to sociologist Elise M. Boulding. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kenneth E. Boulding is the 190th most popular economist (down from 156th in 2019), the 1,971st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,365th in 2019) and the 28th most popular British Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Kenneth E. Boulding ranks 190 out of 414. Before him are Francis Ysidro Edgeworth, Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen, Michel Camdessus, Walter Eucken, Peter Navarro, and Gustav Cassel. After him are Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Daniel Ellsberg, Thomas Piketty, Nikolay Danilevsky, Benjamin Tucker, and Clément Juglar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Kenneth E. Boulding ranks 116. Before him are Lothar Collatz, Giorgio Perlasca, Rudolf Kempe, Joan Bennett, Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme, and Sylvester Stadler. After him are Bernard Voorhoof, Félix Candela, Artie Shaw, Alex North, Sylvia Sidney, and Saint Alphonsa. Among people deceased in 1993, Kenneth E. Boulding ranks 93. Before him are Nina Berberova, József Antall, Tatiana Nikolayeva, Matthew Ridgway, Héctor Lavoe, and Wilhelm Gliese. After him are Mario Evaristo, Anna Sten, Felice Borel, Euronymous, Godfrey Chitalu, and Clarence Zener.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Kenneth E. Boulding ranks 1,971 out of 8,785. Before him are Nick Simper (1945), John Boorman (1933), Mary Putnam Jacobi (1842), F. H. Bradley (1846), Sam Mendes (1965), and Matt Ridley (1958). After him are Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (1870), William Paley (1743), Tom Conti (1941), John Rimmer (1878), Kate Moss (1974), and Sam Smith (1992).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United Kingdom

Among economists born in United Kingdom, Kenneth E. Boulding ranks 28. Before him are Clive Granger (1934), Tony Atkinson (1944), Angus Deaton (1945), Harriet Martineau (1802), Henry Sidgwick (1838), and Oliver Hart (1948). After him are Sidney Webb, 1st Baron Passfield (1859), Joan Robinson (1903), Israel Kirzner (1930), James Steuart (1712), Mervyn King, Baron King of Lothbury (1948), and Colin Clark (1905).

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