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Henry Sidgwick

1838 - 1900

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Henry Sidgwick (; 31 May 1838 – 28 August 1900) was a British utilitarian philosopher and economist and is best known in philosophy for his utilitarian treatise The Methods of Ethics. His work in economics has also had a lasting influence. He was the Knightbridge Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Cambridge from 1883 until his death. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henry Sidgwick has received more than 377,383 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Sidgwick is the 167th most popular economist (up from 178th in 2019), the 1,511th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,666th in 2019) and the 24th most popular British Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Henry Sidgwick ranks 167 out of 414. Before him are Daniel McFadden, Roger Myerson, Piero Sraffa, Myron Scholes, Raymond Barre, and Henry George. After him are Jacques Claude Marie Vincent de Gournay, Lionel Robbins, Wilhelm Röpke, Pierre Leroux, George Shultz, and Walter Eucken.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1838, Henry Sidgwick ranks 43. Before him are Duchess Alexandra of Oldenburg, Vatroslav Jagić, Süleyman Hüsnü Pasha, Edwin Abbott Abbott, Clemens Winkler, and Lucien Olivier. After him are Zeynalabdin Taghiyev, Prince Louis, Count of Trani, John Muir, Duke Philipp of Württemberg, James Craig Watson, and Nicolae Grigorescu. Among people deceased in 1900, Henry Sidgwick ranks 38. Before him are Duchess Alexandra of Oldenburg, Zdeněk Fibich, Stephen Crane, Vasily Kalinnikov, Mihály Munkácsy, and Pyotr Lavrov. After him are Hermann Levi, David Edward Hughes, Bruno Abakanowicz, Sergei Korsakoff, Elwin Bruno Christoffel, and Eugenio Beltrami.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Henry Sidgwick ranks 1,511 out of 8,785. Before him are Christopher Hitchens (1949), Matthew Boulton (1728), Andrew Parker Bowles (1939), Jared Harris (1961), Edward the Exile (1016), and Bill Ward (1948). After him are William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (1708), Lilian, Princess of Réthy (1916), Catherine Eddowes (1842), Francis Darwin (1848), Eddie Redmayne (1982), and William Parry (1790).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United Kingdom

Among economists born in United Kingdom, Henry Sidgwick ranks 24. Before him are Harriet Martineau (1802), James Meade (1907), Angus Deaton (1945), Clive Granger (1934), James Mirrlees (1936), and Kenneth E. Boulding (1910). After him are Lionel Robbins (1898), Sidney Webb, 1st Baron Passfield (1859), Oliver Hart (1948), Harold Laski (1893), Israel Kirzner (1930), and John A. Hobson (1858).

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