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William Stanley Jevons
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- Born
- 1835
- Died
- 1882
- Works
- 160
Top works
- The silver question
- Political economy
- 經濟學理論
- The elements of logic
- Elementary Lessons in Logic
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1835-09-01 ) 1 September 1835, Liverpool , Lancashire , England
- Died
- 13 August 1882 (1882-08-13) (aged 46), Bexhill-on-Sea , Sussex , England
- Resting place
- Hampstead Cemetery , London
- Alma mater
- University College London
- Known for
- Marginal utility theory , Jevons paradox
- Children
- Herbert Stanley Jevons
- Fields
- Economics , Logic
- Institutions
- University College London (1876–1880), Owens College (now University of Manchester ) (1863–1875)
- Academic advisors
- Augustus De Morgan
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Stanley
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Liverpool
- Place of death
- Bulverhythe
- Occupation
- logician
- Educated at
- University College London
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Religion
- Unitarianism
- Student of
- Augustus De Morgan
- Field of work
- logic
- Image
- William Stanley Jevons.jpg
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- William Stanley Jevons
- date of birth
- 1835-09-01
- date of death
- 1882-08-13
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- William Stanley Jevons
- name in native language
- William Stanley Jevons
- cause of death
- drowning
- writing language
- English language
- influenced by
- Jeremy Bentham Rollweiser
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- William Stanley Jevons
- contributed to creative work
- Popular Science
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- manner of death
- accidental death
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Works in European collections
10 objects attributed to William Stanley Jevons, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Elementary Lessons in Logic: Deductive and Inductive : With copious Questions and Examples, and a Vocabulary of Logical Terms
Studies in deductive Logic : A Manual for Students. By W. Stanley Jevons
Geld und Geldverkehr. von W. Stanley Jevons
The theory of political economy
Letters and Journal of W. Stanley Jevons
Geld und Geldverkehr
The state in relation to labour : ed. with an introd. by Michael Cababé
The principles of science : A treatise on logic and scientific method
Metalličeskïja denʹgi : V. St. Dževonsa. Perevod L. S. Zaka
The theory of political economy : By W. Stanley Jevons
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Encyclopedic overview
William Stanley Jevons FRS (/ˈdʒɛvənz/; 1 September 1835 – 13 August 1882) was an English economist and logician.
Irving Fisher described Jevons's book The Theory of Political Economy (1871) as the start of the mathematical method in economics. It made the case that economics, as a science concerned with quantities, is necessarily mathematical. In so doing, it expounded upon the "final" (marginal) utility theory of value. Jevons' work, along with similar discoveries made by Carl Menger in Vienna (1871) and by Léon Walras in Switzerland (1874), marked the opening of a new period in the history of economic thought. Jevons's contribution to the marginal revolution in economics in the late 19th century established his reputation as a leading political economist and logician of the time.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “William Stanley Jevons” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.