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George Stigler

American economist (1911-1991) · United States · On the map · Academics · Died at 80

George Joseph Stigler was an American economist. He was the 1982 laureate in Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences and is considered a key leader of the Chicago school of economics.

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1991Died1 December 19911987Adam Smith AwardAwardNational Medal of ScienceAward1982Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred NobelAward1966Fellow of the Econometric SocietyAward1963Fellow of the American Statistical AssociationAward1954Guggenheim FellowshipAward1911Born17 January 1911

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Awards

National Medal of Science1987
Adam Smith Award1987
Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel1982
Fellow of the Econometric Society1966
Fellow of the American Statistical Association1963
Guggenheim Fellowship1954
Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association

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Country
United States
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1911 to 1991 · aged 80