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William Vickrey

1914 - 1996

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William Spencer Vickrey (21 June 1914 – 11 October 1996) was a Canadian-American professor of economics and Nobel Laureate. Vickrey was awarded the 1996 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences with James Mirrlees for their research into the economic theory of incentives under asymmetric information, becoming the only Nobel laureate born in British Columbia. The announcement of his Nobel Prize was made just three days prior to his death. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Vickrey has received more than 204,044 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). William Vickrey is the 100th most popular economist (up from 131st in 2019), the 56th most popular biography from Canada (up from 68th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Canadian Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, William Vickrey ranks 100 out of 315. Before him are George Akerlof, János Kornai, Richard Cantillon, Douglas McGregor, Friedrich von Wieser, and John Harsanyi. After him are Alan Greenspan, Alfred Weber, William Nordhaus, Vernon L. Smith, Dale T. Mortensen, and Eugene Fama.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, William Vickrey ranks 43. Before him are Alan Hodgkin, Max Perutz, Jackie Coogan, Norman Borlaug, Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark, and Raymond Davis Jr.. After him are Vjekoslav Luburić, Boris Christoff, Dylan Thomas, Adolfo Bioy Casares, Tyrone Power, and Mario Bava. Among people deceased in 1996, William Vickrey ranks 45. Before him are Victor Ambartsumian, George Davis Snell, Helmut Schön, Gladwyn Jebb, Virginia Henderson, and Georges Duby. After him are P. L. Travers, Ernesto Geisel, Martin Balsam, Virginia Cherrill, Hideo Sakai, and Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, William Vickrey ranks 56 out of 1,350. Before him are Geneviève Bujold (1942), Arthur B. McDonald (1943), Drake (1986), Ralph M. Steinman (1943), James Randi (1928), and Donald O. Hebb (1904). After him are Pamela Anderson (1967), Glenn Ford (1916), Maud Lewis (1903), Ryan Gosling (1980), Mack Sennett (1880), and John Candy (1950).

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Among ECONOMISTS In Canada

Among economists born in Canada, William Vickrey ranks 4. Before him are Robert Mundell (1932), John Kenneth Galbraith (1908), and Henry Mintzberg (1939). After him are Myron Scholes (1941), Harold Innis (1894), David Card (1956), and Jacob Viner (1892).

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