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Léon Walras

1834 - 1910

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Marie-Esprit-Léon Walras (French: [valʁas]; 16 December 1834 – 5 January 1910) was a French mathematical economist and Georgist. He formulated the marginal theory of value (independently of William Stanley Jevons and Carl Menger) and pioneered the development of general equilibrium theory. Walras is best known for his book Éléments d'économie politique pure, a work that has contributed greatly to the mathematization of economics through the concept of general equilibrium. For Walras, exchanges only take place after a Walrasian tâtonnement (French for "trial and error"), guided by the auctioneer, has made it possible to reach market equilibrium. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Léon Walras is the 41st most popular economist (down from 36th in 2019), the 632nd most popular biography from France and the 7th most popular French Economist.

Léon Walras is most famous for his work in the field of economics. He is known for being the first person to develop a mathematical model of the economy as a whole.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Léon Walras ranks 41 out of 414. Before him are Maurice Allais, Eugen Böhm von Bawerk, Simon Kuznets, Carl Menger, Michael Porter, and Barack Obama Sr.. After him are Wassily Leontief, Leonid Hurwicz, John Hicks, Jacques Delors, Walt Whitman Rostow, and William Petty.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1834, Léon Walras ranks 11. Before him are James Abbott McNeill Whistler, John Venn, Duchess Helene in Bavaria, Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, William Morris, and Samuel Pierpont Langley. After him are Carl Bloch, August Weismann, Amilcare Ponchielli, Jan Neruda, Vasily Perov, and Charles Spurgeon. Among people deceased in 1910, Léon Walras ranks 18. Before him are Giovanni Schiaparelli, Mily Balakirev, Chulalongkorn, Johann Gottfried Galle, Marius Petipa, and Luigi Lucheni. After him are An Jung-geun, Elizabeth Blackwell, Pauline Viardot, Huo Yuanjia, Carl Reinecke, and Richard Abegg.

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In France

Among people born in France, Léon Walras ranks 632 out of 6,770. Before him are Jules Michelet (1798), Luigi Lucheni (1873), Adelbert von Chamisso (1781), Pierre de Ronsard (1524), Annie Girardot (1931), and Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet (1627). After him are Queen Anne of Romania (1923), Christine of France (1606), Claude of France (1547), Stephen, Count of Blois (1045), Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot (1725), and Ansgar (801).

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Among ECONOMISTS In France

Among economists born in France, Léon Walras ranks 7. Before him are Frédéric Passy (1822), Vilfredo Pareto (1848), François Quesnay (1694), Jean-Baptiste Say (1767), Anne Robert Jacques Turgot (1727), and Maurice Allais (1911). After him are Jacques Delors (1925), Dominique Strauss-Kahn (1949), Frédéric Bastiat (1801), Gérard Debreu (1921), Jean-Claude Trichet (1942), and Jean Tirole (1953).

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