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Edith Abbott

1876 - 1957

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Edith Abbott (September 26, 1876 – July 28, 1957) was an American economist, statistician, social worker, educator, and author. Abbott was born in Grand Island, Nebraska. Abbott was a pioneer in the profession of social work with an educational background in economics. She was a leading activist in social reform with the ideals that humanitarianism needed to be embedded in education. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edith Abbott is the 350th most popular economist, the 8,810th most popular biography from United States and the 111th most popular American Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Edith Abbott ranks 350 out of 414. Before her are Don Patinkin, Erik Lindahl, Nicholas Stern, Baron Stern of Brentford, Bjørn Lomborg, Fatih Birol, and Martin Wolf. After her are Ester Boserup, Justin Yifu Lin, Euclid Tsakalotos, Rose Friedman, John B. Taylor, and Santiago Peña.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1876, Edith Abbott ranks 183. Before her are Georg Hilmar, Ernest Henry Wilson, Zitkala-Sa, Ernest Esclangon, Edgar Evans, and Cécile Tormay. After her are Clara Blandick, Mariam Thresia Chiramel, Thomas Mofolo, Pietro Speciale, Marcel Lambert, and Lionel Tertis. Among people deceased in 1957, Edith Abbott ranks 192. Before her are José Patricio Guggiari, Herbert MacKay-Fraser, Judy Tyler, Julia Morgan, John Svanberg, and Lőrinc Szabó. After her are Bernard Knubel, José Nehin, József Rády, Julio Lozano Díaz, Kurt Pettersén, and James M. Cox.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edith Abbott ranks 8,810 out of 20,380. Before her are Margaret Truman (1924), Florence Price (1887), Jack McDevitt (1935), Edwin Foster Coddington (1870), Austin Butler (1991), and Garrett Morris (1937). After her are Frederick Moloney (1882), David Buss (1953), Seymour Benzer (1921), Herman Groman (1882), Peter Berg (1962), and Dave Farrell (1977).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United States

Among economists born in United States, Edith Abbott ranks 111. Before her are John Lipsky (1947), Fischer Black (1938), Henry Charles Carey (1793), Robert Rubin (1938), Armen Alchian (1914), and Don Patinkin (1922). After her are John B. Taylor (1946), Frank Fetter (1863), Paul Craig Roberts (1939), Richard Florida (1957), Martin Feldstein (1939), and Richard D. Wolff (1942).

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