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Richard Stone

1913 - 1991

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Sir John Richard Nicholas Stone (30 August 1913 – 6 December 1991) was an eminent British economist. He was educated at Gonville and Caius College and King's College at the University of Cambridge. In 1984, he was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for developing an accounting model that could be used to track economic activities on a national and, later, an international scale. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Stone is the 94th most popular economist (up from 111th in 2019), the 972nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 939th in 2019) and the 15th most popular British Economist.

Richard Stone is most famous for his discovery of the Stone-Geary model. This model is used to explain the relationship between interest rates and inflation.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Richard Stone ranks 94 out of 414. Before him are Dani Rodrik, Johann Heinrich von Thünen, Robert Reich, Henry Mintzberg, Harry Markowitz, and John Kenneth Galbraith. After him are Jean-Claude Trichet, John A. Hobson, George Stigler, James Meade, Claudia Goldin, and Arthur Cecil Pigou.

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Among people born in 1913, Richard Stone ranks 53. Before him are Erich Priebke, Xi Zhongxun, Aimé Césaire, Mary Ainsworth, Mehmet Shehu, and Peter Cushing. After him are Masanobu Fukuoka, Muddy Waters, Charles Trenet, Alan Ladd, Tony Martin, and Jan Kubiš. Among people deceased in 1991, Richard Stone ranks 45. Before him are Gunnar Gren, Martha Graham, Claudio Arrau, Salvador Luria, Leo Fender, and Alfonso García Robles. After him are George Stigler, Tony Richardson, Ivan Kozhedub, Mohammed Abdel Wahab, Daigoro Kondo, and Jean Arthur.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Richard Stone ranks 972 out of 8,785. Before him are Robert FitzRoy (1805), John Ray (1627), Leonora Carrington (1917), James Hadley Chase (1906), Kim Cattrall (1956), and John Dryden (1631). After him are Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony (1156), Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll (1848), David James (1970), Pat Hitchcock (1928), Major Ritchie (1870), and Robert Peel (1788).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United Kingdom

Among economists born in United Kingdom, Richard Stone ranks 15. Before him are William Petty (1623), Ronald Coase (1910), Lionel Robbins (1898), Benjamin Graham (1894), Beatrice Webb (1858), and William Stanley Jevons (1835). After him are John A. Hobson (1858), James Meade (1907), Arthur Cecil Pigou (1877), Thomas Mun (1571), James Mirrlees (1936), and James Mill (1773).

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