Francis Ysidro Edgeworth

Francis Ysidro Edgeworth
Born(1845-02-08)8 February 1845
Died13 February 1926(1926-02-13) (aged 81)
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
Alma materTrinity College Dublin
Balliol College, Oxford
AwardsGuy Medal (Gold, 1907)
Scientific career
FieldsPhilosophy, political economist
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Francis Ysidro Edgeworth FBA (8 February 1845 – 13 February 1926) was an Anglo-Irish philosopher and political economist who made significant contributions to the methods of statistics during the 1880s. From 1891 onward, he was appointed the founding editor of The Economic Journal.