Frank

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Frank is the given name of the influential American economist Frank Knight, a founder of the Chicago school of economic thought.

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instanceOf American economist
economist
human
university teacher
writer
awardReceived American Economic Association presidency
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1885-11-07
dateOfDeath 1972-04-15
educatedAt Cornell University
University of Tennessee
employer University of Chicago
familyName Knight
fieldOfWork economic theory
economics
philosophy of economics
givenName Frank
hasAcademicAdvisor Allyn Abbott Young
hasGender male
influenced Chicago school of economics
George Stigler
James M. Buchanan
Milton Friedman
influencedBy Alfred Marshall
neoclassical economics
knownFor distinction between risk and uncertainty
foundational contributions to Chicago school of economics
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf American Economic Association
movement Chicago school of economics
nativeLanguage English
notableWork Freedom and Reform
Risk, Uncertainty and Profit
The Economic Organization
The Ethics of Competition
occupation author
lecturer
professor
placeOfBirth McLean County, Illinois
placeOfBurial Chicago
placeOfDeath Chicago
positionHeld professor of economics at the University of Chicago
publicationDate 1921
religion Presbyterianism
linked to: Presbyterian
workLocation Chicago

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Frank Knight givenName Frank
Frank H. Knight givenName Frank