Gérard Debreu

Gérard Debreu

mathematician
economist
university teacher
researcher
🇺🇸United States
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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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Lifespan
1921 – 2004
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Career Journey

Background

Born in
Calais
Educated at
École Normale SupérieureStanford University
Awards
🏆 honorary doctorate from University of Bordeaux-I🏆 honorary doctorate from University of Dunkerque🏆 Fisher-Schultz Lecture
Doctoral Advisors
🎓 Maurice Allais
Doctoral Students
📖 Jean-Michel Grandmont📖 Xavier Vives i Torrents📖 Graciela Chichilnisky

Timeline

  • 1921

    Born

    Birth
  • 2004

    Died

    Death

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