William Stanley Jevons

William Stanley Jevons (1835-1882) was an English logician and political economist, born in Liverpool. In 1866, he became professor of Logic of Owens College, Manchester, and 10 years later professor of Political Economy in University College, London. He distinguished himself in the departments of both chairs both as a lecturer and a writer. He was drowned while bathing at Bexhill, near Hastings.

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