Philip Wicksteed
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Philip Wicksteed was an English economist and Unitarian theologian known for his contributions to marginal utility theory and the development of neoclassical economics.
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| Philip Wicksteed canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Philip Wicksteed Context triple: [Lionel Robbins, influencedBy, Philip Wicksteed]
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A. W. Phillips
A. W. Phillips was a New Zealand-born economist best known for formulating the relationship between unemployment and wage/price inflation that became known as the Phillips curve.
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J. A. Hobson
J. A. Hobson was a British economist and social theorist known for his critique of imperialism and underconsumption, which significantly shaped progressive liberal and later New Liberal economic thought.
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Sidney Webb
Sidney Webb was a prominent British socialist, economist, and co-founder of the Fabian Society who played a key role in shaping modern social policy and higher education in the UK.
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Francis Ysidro Edgeworth
Francis Ysidro Edgeworth was a pioneering Irish economist and statistician known for his foundational contributions to microeconomic theory, welfare economics, and the development of mathematical economics.
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E.
R. H. Tawney
R. H. Tawney was a prominent British economic historian, Christian socialist, and social critic known for his influential analyses of religion, capitalism, and social inequality.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Philip Wicksteed Target entity description: Philip Wicksteed was an English economist and Unitarian theologian known for his contributions to marginal utility theory and the development of neoclassical economics.
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A.
A. W. Phillips
A. W. Phillips was a New Zealand-born economist best known for formulating the relationship between unemployment and wage/price inflation that became known as the Phillips curve.
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B.
J. A. Hobson
J. A. Hobson was a British economist and social theorist known for his critique of imperialism and underconsumption, which significantly shaped progressive liberal and later New Liberal economic thought.
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C.
Sidney Webb
Sidney Webb was a prominent British socialist, economist, and co-founder of the Fabian Society who played a key role in shaping modern social policy and higher education in the UK.
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D.
Francis Ysidro Edgeworth
Francis Ysidro Edgeworth was a pioneering Irish economist and statistician known for his foundational contributions to microeconomic theory, welfare economics, and the development of mathematical economics.
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E.
R. H. Tawney
R. H. Tawney was a prominent British economic historian, Christian socialist, and social critic known for his influential analyses of religion, capitalism, and social inequality.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Unitarian minister
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economist ⓘ human ⓘ theologian ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
marginal utility theory
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the development of neoclassical economics ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
England
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1844-10-25 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1927-03-18 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Manchester New College
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University College London ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Dante studies
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Unitarian theology ⓘ economics ⓘ marginal utility theory ⓘ neoclassical economics ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasFamilyName | Wicksteed ⓘ |
| hasGivenName | Philip ⓘ |
| influenced |
Austrian School of economics
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Lionel Robbins ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Carl Menger
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Leon Walras ⓘ William Stanley Jevons ⓘ |
| knownFor |
expositions of neoclassical economic theory
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integrating ethical considerations into economic analysis ⓘ popularizing marginal utility theory in Britain ⓘ scholarship on Dante Alighieri ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
British Economic Association
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linked to:
Royal Economic Society
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| movement | neoclassical economics ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Dante and Aquinas
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Studies in Theology ⓘ The Alphabet of Economic Science ⓘ The Common Sense of Political Economy ⓘ The Common Sense of Political Economy, Including a Study of the Human Basis of Economic Law ⓘ
linked to:
The Common Sense of Political Economy
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| occupation |
economist
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literary critic ⓘ theologian ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Leeds ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Childrey ⓘ |
| religion | Unitarianism ⓘ |
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