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Frank Knight
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American economist (1885-1972)
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Frank Hyneman Knight was an American economist, university teacher, and sociologist born in McLean County on November 7, 1885. He received his education at the University of Tennessee and Cornell University. His professional career included positions at the University of Chicago, the University of Iowa, and Cornell University, where he also served as president. He worked primarily in the field of economics and wrote in English.
Knight was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Mont Pelerin Society, and the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. He received a Guggenheim Fellowship and is recognized in the American Academy Arts Sciences collection. His doctoral advisors were Allyn Abbott Young and Alvin Saunders Johnson. Among his doctoral students were George Stigler, Charles E. Lindblom, and James M. Buchanan. He died in Chicago on April 15, 1972.
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Key facts
- Born
- Frank Hyneman Knight , ( 1885-11-07 ) 7 November 1885, McLean County, Illinois , U.S.
- Died
- 15 April 1972 (1972-04-15) (aged 86), Chicago, Illinois , U.S.
- Spouse
- Ethel Verry Knight
- Alma mater
- Milligan College ( BA ), University of Tennessee ( BA , BS ), Cornell University ( PhD )
- Doctoral advisor
- Allyn A. Young , Alvin S. Johnson
- Influences
- Clarence Edwin Ayres , John Bates Clark , Herbert J. Davenport , Max Weber
- Discipline
- Risk theory, Profit theory , Value theory
- School or tradition
- Chicago School of Economics
- Institutions
- Cornell University , University of Chicago , University of Iowa
- Doctoral students
- Milton Friedman , George Stigler , Charles E. Lindblom , James M. Buchanan
- Notable ideas
- Knightian uncertainty
- Awards
- Francis A. Walker Medal (1957)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Frank
- Family name
- Knight
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- McLean County
- Place of death
- Chicago
- Occupation
- sociologist
- Position held
- president
- Employer
- Cornell University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- atheism
- Doctoral advisor
- Alvin Saunders Johnson
- Field of work
- economics
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- date of birth
- 1885-11-07
- date of death
- 1972-04-15
- member of
- Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
- name in native language
- Frank Hyneman Knight
- writing language
- English language
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- WikiProject Mathematics
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Encyclopedic overview
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. Hayek considered Knight to be one of the major figures in preserving and promoting classical liberal thought in the twentieth century.
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