Gérard Debreu

Economist, Academic

1921 – 2004

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Who was Gérard Debreu?

Gérard Debreu was a French economist and mathematician, who also came to have United States citizenship. 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 Economics.

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Born
Jul 4, 1921
Calais
Also known as
  • Gerard Debreu
Nationality
  • France
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • PhD, University of Paris
    Mathematical sciences
    ( - 1956/06)
  • École Normale Supérieure
  • University of California, Berkeley
Lived in
  • Paris
    (2003 - 2004/12/31)
Died
Dec 31, 2004
Paris
Resting place
Père Lachaise Cemetery

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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