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ECONOMIST

Frank Knight

1885 - 1972

Frank Knight

Frank Hyneman Knight (November 7, 1885 – April 15, 1972) was an American economist who spent most of his career at the University of Chicago, where he became one of the founders of the Chicago School. Nobel laureates Milton Friedman, George Stigler and James M. Buchanan were all students of Knight at Chicago. Ronald Coase said that Knight, without teaching him, was a major influence on his thinking. F.A. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frank Knight has received more than 322,476 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Frank Knight is the 161st most popular economist (down from 150th in 2019), the 2,370th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,278th in 2019) and the 53rd most popular American Economist.

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Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
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Languages Editions (L)
6.26
Effective Languages (L*)
2.52
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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Frank Knight ranks 161 out of 315. Before him are Daniel McFadden, Jacques Claude Marie Vincent de Gournay, James Heckman, Oskar R. Lange, Bengt Holmström, and Robert F. Engle. After him are Hans-Hermann Hoppe, Piero Sraffa, Francis Ysidro Edgeworth, Paul Milgrom, Nicholas Kaldor, and Peter Diamond.

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HPI: 56.28
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HPI: 56.02
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Frank Knight
1885 - 1972
HPI: 55.97
Rank: 161
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HPI: 55.75
Rank: 162
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HPI: 55.74
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HPI: 55.58
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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Frank Knight ranks 77. Before him are Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein, Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Jules Romains, Nikolai Krylenko, Władysław Raczkiewicz, and Sydney Chaplin. After him are Friedrich Kellner, Lev Rudnev, Jacques Feyder, John Edensor Littlewood, Constantin Sănătescu, and Theodor Kaluza. Among people deceased in 1972, Frank Knight ranks 71. Before him are William Dieterle, Alejandra Pizarnik, Viktor Barna, Ettore Bastico, Nikolay Krylov, and Clara Campoamor. After him are Jo Bonnier, Akim Tamiroff, Frans Masereel, Aspasia Manos, C. W. Ceram, and Violette Leduc.

Others Born in 1885

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Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein
1885 - 1970
HPI: 56.55
Rank: 71
Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz
1885 - 1939
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 72
Jules Romains
1885 - 1972
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 73
Nikolai Krylenko
1885 - 1938
HPI: 56.34
Rank: 74
Władysław Raczkiewicz
1885 - 1947
HPI: 56.18
Rank: 75
Sydney Chaplin
1885 - 1965
HPI: 56.05
Rank: 76
Frank Knight
1885 - 1972
HPI: 55.97
Rank: 77
Friedrich Kellner
1885 - 1970
HPI: 55.89
Rank: 78
Lev Rudnev
1885 - 1956
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 79
Jacques Feyder
1885 - 1948
HPI: 55.34
Rank: 80
John Edensor Littlewood
1885 - 1977
HPI: 55.25
Rank: 81
Constantin Sănătescu
1885 - 1947
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 82
Theodor Kaluza
1885 - 1954
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 83