Francis Ysidro Edgeworth | |
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| Born | 8 February 1845 Edgeworthstown, County Longford, Ireland |
| Died | 13 February 1926 (aged 81) Oxford, Oxfordshire, England |
| Alma mater | Trinity College Dublin Balliol College, Oxford |
| Awards | Guy Medal (Gold, 1907) |
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| Fields | Philosophy, 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.