ECONOMIST

Chester Barnard

1886 - 1961

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Chester Irving Barnard (November 7, 1886 – June 7, 1961) was an American business executive, public administrator, and the author of pioneering work in management theory and organizational studies. His landmark 1938 book, The Functions of the Executive, sets out a theory of organization and of the functions of executives in organizations. The book has been widely assigned in university courses in management theory and organizational sociology. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chester Barnard has received more than 377,049 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Chester Barnard is the 220th most popular economist (down from 189th in 2019), the 3,836th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,986th in 2019) and the 75th most popular American Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Chester Barnard ranks 220 out of 414. Before him are Grigory Yavlinsky, Peter Senge, Mancur Olson, William Baumol, E. F. Schumacher, and Giovanni Arrighi. After him are Adam Müller, Martín de Azpilcueta, Nassau William Senior, Olivier Blanchard, David D. Friedman, and Jules Dupuit.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Chester Barnard ranks 143. Before him are Robert Hennet, Arthur Jeffrey Dempster, Al Jolson, Edgar Rubin, Ty Cobb, and Maithili Sharan Gupt. After him are Kurt Hahn, Saburō Kurusu, Hella Wuolijoki, Ernst May, Radhabinod Pal, and Leo G. Carroll. Among people deceased in 1961, Chester Barnard ranks 78. Before him are Václav Talich, Constantin Constantinescu-Claps, Edith Wilson, Joseph M. Schenck, Princess Dagmar of Denmark, and Ty Cobb. After him are Marion Davies, Cuno Amiet, Otto Ruge, Suryakant Tripathi, Sergio Osmeña, and Carlos Luz.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Chester Barnard ranks 3,836 out of 20,380. Before him are Ira Gershwin (1896), Michael Winslow (1958), Shannon Lee (1969), Gloria Foster (1933), Ray Dolby (1933), and Jimmy Smith (1925). After him are Elizabeth Warren (1949), Stanley Schachter (1922), Randy Savage (1952), Jeffrey Jones (1946), William Cranch Bond (1789), and Frank Zamboni (1901).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United States

Among economists born in United States, Chester Barnard ranks 75. Before him are Hyman Minsky (1919), Henry Hazlitt (1894), Alvin E. Roth (1951), Peter Senge (1947), Mancur Olson (1932), and William Baumol (1922). After him are David D. Friedman (1945), Paul Milgrom (1948), Thomas Sowell (1930), Philip H. Dybvig (1955), Ellen Swallow Richards (1842), and Arthur Melvin Okun (1928).

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