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Karl Knies

German economist and university lecturer (1821-1898) · Academics · Died at 77

Karl Gustav Adolf Knies was a German economist of the historical school of economics, best known as the author of Political Economy from the Standpoint of the Historical Method (1853).

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Honorary Doctor of the University of Tübingen1877

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Knies taught at the University of Heidelberg for over 30 years, and was perhaps the most theoretically oriented economist of the older historical school.

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Academics
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Academic
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Deceased
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Lived 1821 to 1898 · aged 77