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Tony Atkinson

1944 - 2017

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Sir Anthony Barnes Atkinson (4 September 1944 – 1 January 2017) was a British economist, Centennial Professor at the London School of Economics, and senior research fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford. A student of James Meade, Atkinson virtually single-handedly established the modern British field of inequality and poverty studies. He worked on inequality and poverty for over four decades. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tony Atkinson is the 148th most popular economist (up from 256th in 2019), the 1,341st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,721st in 2019) and the 23rd most popular British Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Tony Atkinson ranks 148 out of 414. Before him are Kristalina Georgieva, Carlo M. Cipolla, Robert J. Shiller, Paul Krugman, Ben Bernanke, and Peter Diamond. After him are Benedetto Cotrugli, Silvio Gesell, Christopher A. Pissarides, Jacques Attali, Robert F. Engle, and Christopher A. Sims.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Tony Atkinson ranks 151. Before him are Alice Walker, Ranulph Fiennes, Vlastimil Hort, Frank Oz, Bernard Cornwell, and Oqil Oqilov. After him are Mary Robinson, John Densmore, Joseph Boakai, Daniel Pennac, Jürgen Grabowski, and Marie-Christine Barrault. Among people deceased in 2017, Tony Atkinson ranks 95. Before him are Anita Pallenberg, John Berger, Karl-Otto Apel, Kim Jong-nam, Ljubiša Samardžić, and Adam West. After him are Hans Schäfer, Carmen Franco, 1st Duchess of Franco, Paolo Villaggio, Richard, 6th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, Ángel Nieto, and Violet Brown.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Tony Atkinson ranks 1,341 out of 8,785. Before him are John Nettles (1943), Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet (1764), Boy George (1961), J. B. S. Haldane (1892), George Atwood (1745), and Frederick Browning (1896). After him are Joseph Addison (1672), Alistair MacLean (1922), Charles Vane (1680), James Faulkner (1948), Margaret Burbidge (1919), and Mungo Park (1771).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United Kingdom

Among economists born in United Kingdom, Tony Atkinson ranks 23. Before him are James Meade (1907), Arthur Cecil Pigou (1877), Thomas Mun (1571), James Mirrlees (1936), James Mill (1773), and Clive Granger (1934). After him are Angus Deaton (1945), Harriet Martineau (1802), Henry Sidgwick (1838), Oliver Hart (1948), Kenneth E. Boulding (1910), and Sidney Webb, 1st Baron Passfield (1859).

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