Jevons, William Stanley

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William Stanley Jevons
Biography of Jevons focussing on his mathematical work.
William Stanley Jevons (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
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Jevons's discovery of the marginal utility concept was announced in a brief paper published in 1866 and was developed further in the Theory of Political Economy (1871).

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William Jevons (1835-1882), British economist and mathematician, born in Liverpool, and educated at University College, University of London. He is known for the development of the theory of marginal utility, which states that utility determines value. Jevons demonstrated the relationship between utility and value in mathematical terms. Among his writings are The Coal Question (1865), Lessons in Logic (1870), The Theory of Political Economy (1871), Principles of Science (1874), and Principles of Economics (posthumously pub. in 1905).