ECONOMIST

Léon Walras

1834 - 1910

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Marie-Esprit-Léon Walras (French: [valʁas]; 16 December 1834 – 5 January 1910) was a French mathematical economist and Georgist. He formulated the marginal theory of value (independently of William Stanley Jevons and Carl Menger) and pioneered the development of general equilibrium theory. Walras is best known for his book Éléments d'économie politique pure, a work that has contributed greatly to the mathematization of economics through the concept of general equilibrium. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Léon Walras has received more than 448,545 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Léon Walras is the 36th most popular economist (down from 33rd in 2019), the 632nd most popular biography from France (down from 553rd in 2019) and the 7th most popular French Economist.

Léon Walras is most famous for his work in the field of economics. He is known for being the first person to develop a mathematical model of the economy as a whole.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Léon Walras ranks 36 out of 414. Before him are Herbert A. Simon, Barack Obama Sr., William Petty, Elinor Ostrom, Ragnar Frisch, and Jan Tinbergen. After him are Wassily Leontief, Karl Polanyi, Frédéric Bastiat, Robert Solow, Maurice Allais, and Ronald Coase.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1834, Léon Walras ranks 9. Before him are Gottlieb Daimler, Ernst Haeckel, John Venn, Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, William Morris, and Duchess Helene in Bavaria. After him are August Weismann, Amilcare Ponchielli, Jan Neruda, Julia Pastrana, Johann Philipp Reis, and Norodom of Cambodia. Among people deceased in 1910, Léon Walras ranks 17. Before him are Chulalongkorn, O. Henry, Mily Balakirev, Marius Petipa, Johann Gottfried Galle, and Luigi Lucheni. After him are Huo Yuanjia, Elizabeth Blackwell, Giovanni Schiaparelli, Jules Renard, Pauline Viardot, and An Jung-geun.

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In France

Among people born in France, Léon Walras ranks 632 out of 6,770. Before him are Marie of Anjou (1404), Paul Claudel (1868), Louis Renault (1877), Louis I, Duke of Orléans (1372), Siméon Denis Poisson (1781), and Françoise Barré-Sinoussi (1947). After him are Marie François Sadi Carnot (1837), Gaston Leroux (1868), Paul Doumer (1857), Albert Fert (1938), Chlodomer (495), and Pierre Choderlos de Laclos (1741).

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Among ECONOMISTS In France

Among economists born in France, Léon Walras ranks 7. Before him are Vilfredo Pareto (1848), Frédéric Passy (1822), François Quesnay (1694), Jean-Baptiste Say (1767), Jacques Delors (1925), and Anne Robert Jacques Turgot (1727). After him are Frédéric Bastiat (1801), Maurice Allais (1911), Dominique Strauss-Kahn (1949), Jean-Claude Trichet (1942), Gérard Debreu (1921), and Jean Tirole (1953).

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