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ECONOMIST

Lionel Robbins

1898 - 1984

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Lionel Charles Robbins, Baron Robbins, (22 November 1898 – 15 May 1984) was a British economist, and prominent member of the economics department at the London School of Economics (LSE). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lionel Robbins has received more than 473,844 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Lionel Robbins is the 174th most popular economist (up from 178th in 2019), the 1,600th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,761st in 2019) and the 24th most popular British Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Lionel Robbins ranks 174 out of 315Before him are Wilhelm Röpke, Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau, Bertrand de Jouvenel, Oliver Hart, Thomas Piketty, and Ben Bernanke. After him are Nikolay Danilevsky, Harriet Martineau, Sidney Webb, 1st Baron Passfield, Hyman Minsky, Walter Eucken, and Henry Sidgwick.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Lionel Robbins ranks 97Before him are Leon Štukelj, Gulzarilal Nanda, Jean Fautrier, Fyodor Kuznetsov, István Dobi, and Michel de Ghelderode. After him are Joseph Kessel, Alfred Schmidt, Shinichi Suzuki, Kang Sheng, Helen B. Taussig, and Ferenc Plattkó. Among people deceased in 1984, Lionel Robbins ranks 79Before him are Aurelio Peccei, Kim Il, Jean Prouvé, Vladimir Chelomey, Josyf Slipyj, and Peter Lawford. After him are Souvanna Phouma, El Santo, Lee Krasner, Jüri Lossmann, Cigerxwîn, and Richard Basehart.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Lionel Robbins ranks 1,600 out of 7,765Before him are George Stubbs (1724), James Herriot (1916), Rick Davies (1944), Philip Sidney (1554), Hannah Chaplin (1865), and Paul Scholes (1974). After him are Andy Gibb (1958), Paul Di'Anno (1958), Sean Harris (1966), John Nelson Darby (1800), Rædwald of East Anglia (550), and Joe Davis (1901).

Among ECONOMISTS In United Kingdom

Among economists born in United Kingdom, Lionel Robbins ranks 24Before him are Clive Granger (1934), Joan Robinson (1903), Angus Deaton (1945), James Mirrlees (1936), Kenneth E. Boulding (1910), and Oliver Hart (1948). After him are Harriet Martineau (1802), Sidney Webb, 1st Baron Passfield (1859), Henry Sidgwick (1838), Israel Kirzner (1930), John A. Hobson (1858), and Harold Laski (1893).