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Alfred Marshall
British economist
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History & Society
- Died:
- July 13, 1924, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire (aged 81)
- Notable Works:
- “Principles of Economics”
- Subjects Of Study:
- consumer surplus
- cost
- marginal utility
- production
- quasi-rent
Alfred Marshall (born July 26, 1842, London, England—died July 13, 1924, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire) was one of the chief founders of the school of English neoclassical economists and the first principal of University College, Bristol (1877–81). Marshall was educated at Merchant Taylors’ School and at St. John’s College, Cambridge. He was a fellow and lecturer in political economy at Balliol College, Oxford, from 1883 to 1885 and a professor of political economy at the University of Cambridge from 1885 to 1908 and thereafter devoted himself to his writing. From 1891 to 1894 he was a member of the Royal Commission on ...(100 of 287 words)