James Mirrlees

James Mirrlees

economist
university teacher
economics
economic theory
🇬🇧United Kingdom
✝️Christianity

Sir James Alexander Mirrlees was a British economist and winner of the 1996 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. He was knighted in the 1997 Birthday Honours.

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Lifespan
1936 – 2018
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Career Journey

Background

Born in
Minnigaff
Educated at
University of EdinburghTrinity CollegeDouglas Ewart High SchoolUniversity of Cambridge
Awards
🏆 honorary doctor of the Peking University🏆 honorary doctor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong🏆 Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel
Doctoral Advisors
🎓 Richard Stone
Doctoral Students
📖 Nicholas Stern, Baron Stern of Brentford📖 Franklin Allen

Timeline

  • 1936

    Born

    Birth
  • 2018

    Died

    Death

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