About Jacob van Gelderen
Lived 1891 – 1940 (aged 49). Jacob van Gelderen was a Dutch economist, politician and university teacher.
Jacob van Gelderen (10 March 1891, Amsterdam – 14 May 1940, The Hague) was a Dutch economist. Alongside Salomon de Wolff, he proposed the existence of 50- to 60-year long economic super cycles, now known as Kondratiev waves.
Van Gelderen became a corresponding member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1927, he resigned in 1936.
A Jew, Van Geldern died by suicide along with his family during the German invasion of the Netherlands in 1940.
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Who was Jacob van Gelderen?
Dutch economist (1891–1940)
When was Jacob van Gelderen born?
Jacob van Gelderen was born on 10 March 1891 in Amsterdam.
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Jacob van Gelderen died on 14 May 1940 in The Hague.
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Jacob van Gelderen was an economist, politician and university teacher.
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Jacob van Gelderen was Dutch.
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