Gérard Debreu

French economist and mathematician (1921-2004) · France · On the map · Academics · Died at 83

Gérard Debreu was a French-born economist and mathematician. Best known as a professor of economics at the University of California, Berkeley, where he began work in 1962, he won the 1983 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.

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2004Died31 December 20041997Honorary Doctorate from University of DunkerqueAward1993Officer of the Legion of HonourAward1988Honorary Doctorate from University of Bordeaux-IAward1983Honorary Doctor of the University of ToulouseAwardPrize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred NobelAward1968Guggenheim FellowshipAward1954Fellow of the Econometric SocietyAward1921Born4 July 1921

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