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Frank Knight

1885 - 1972

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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 343,563 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Frank Knight is the 183rd most popular economist (down from 159th in 2019), the 2,850th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,367th in 2019) and the 61st most popular American Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Frank Knight ranks 183 out of 414. Before him are Sidney Webb, 1st Baron Passfield, Nicholas Kaldor, Daniel Ellsberg, Jim Rogers, Michael Spence, and Eli Heckscher. After him are Nikolay Danilevsky, Lujo Brentano, Robert B. Wilson, Oliver Hart, Harold Laski, and Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Frank Knight ranks 97. Before him are Dorando Pietri, Paul von Hase, Pierre Renoir, Alexandros Koryzis, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, and Milan Vidmar. After him are Constantin Sănătescu, Elihan Tore, Ralph Rose, Viggo Brun, Leó Weiner, and Josef Frank. Among people deceased in 1972, Frank Knight ranks 83. Before him are William Dieterle, Jo Bonnier, C. W. Ceram, Ernst von Salomon, Nikolay Krylov, and René Mayer. After him are Lillian Moller Gilbreth, Milton L. Humason, Mohamed Oufkir, Fulbert Youlou, Joseph Paul-Boncour, and Richard Courant.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Frank Knight ranks 2,850 out of 20,380. Before him are Mahershala Ali (1974), Don McLean (1945), Charles Joseph Bonaparte (1851), Edward Bunker (1933), Patricia Arquette (1968), and George Lincoln Rockwell (1918). After him are Fritz Leiber (1910), Everett McGill (1945), Edmund M. Clarke (1945), Lillian Moller Gilbreth (1878), Helen Frankenthaler (1928), and Selena (1971).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United States

Among economists born in United States, Frank Knight ranks 61. Before him are Henry George (1839), George Shultz (1920), Lars Peter Hansen (1952), Daniel Ellsberg (1931), Jim Rogers (1942), and Michael Spence (1943). After him are Robert B. Wilson (1937), Benjamin Tucker (1854), Paul Romer (1955), Eric Maskin (1950), Douglas Diamond (1953), and Alvin Hansen (1887).

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