Nicolas-François Canard
French mathematician, philosopher and economist
About Nicolas-François Canard
Lived 1754 – 1833 (aged 78–79). Nicolas-François Canard was a French economist, mathematician and philosopher.
Nicolas-François Canard (; c. 1750 – 1833) was a French mathematician, philosopher and economist. He was one of the pioneers of applying mathematics to economic problems, foreshadowing the works of Antoine Augustin Cournot, William Stanley Jevons, and others.
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French mathematician, philosopher and economist
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Nicolas-François Canard was born on 2 December 1754 in Sézanne.
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Nicolas-François Canard died in 1833 in Moulins.
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Nicolas-François Canard was an economist, mathematician and philosopher.
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Nicolas-François Canard was French.
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