Francis Ysidro Edgeworth: A Portrait with Family and Friends

By Llus Barb I. Duran and Lluís Barbé

Llu s Barb has recreated the background and life of Francis Ysidro Edgeworth through a fascinating exercise of reconstruction that succeeds in shaping the first detailed biography ever published of this major economist and statistician. Originating from previously unexplored letters and documents kept in archives and registers of Ireland, England and Catalonia, Edgeworth's relationships with his academic fellows - including Sully, Jevons, Marshall, Galton, Pearson, Walras, Pantaleoni, I. Fisher, Pareto, Keynes - are thoroughly depicted. Stemming from undiscovered primary sources, this book also reveals a close insight into the academic world of the period 1875-1925 in the fields of economics and statistics.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848447167
• ISBN13: 9781848447165
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.0" x 6.5"