Frank Hyneman Knight : American Economist from University of Chicago, Chicago School Founder, Professor of Milton Friedman, George Stigler and James M. Buchanan

November 7, 1885 — April 15, 1972

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An American economist who spent most of his career at the University of Chicago, where he became one of the founders of the Chicago School. Nobel laureates Milton Friedman, George Stigler and James M. Buchanan were all students of Knight at Chicago. Ronald Coase said that Knight, without teaching him, was a major influence on his thinking.

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November 7, 1885

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April 15, 1972

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