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Edwin Cannan

British economist (1861–1935)
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Edwin Cannan
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18 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[11]
Date of birth
February 3, 1861
Date of death
April 8, 1935
Place of birth
Funchal
Place of death
Bournemouth
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom[7]
Occupation
economist, economic historian
Employer
London School of Economics and Political Science[8]
Educated at
University of Oxford[9]
Doctoral student
B. R. Ambedkar[12]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[18]
Contributed to creative work
Dictionary of National Biography[19]
Described by source
Svensk uppslagsbok, BEIC Digital Library, Alumni Oxonienses: The Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886[15][16][17]
Family name
Cannan[13]
Given name
Edwin[14]
Student
Lionel Robbins, Baron Robbins[10]
Writing language
English[20]
🏷️ Also known as
en Edwin Cannan ja エドウィン・キャナン ko 에드윈 캐넌 ru Кеннан, Эдвин ru Эдвин Кеннан zh 坎南
🔖 Identifiers · 56
ISNI
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VIAF cluster ID
61618311
Library of Congress Authorities ID
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GND ID
118666916
ASEE person ID
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Academic Tree ID
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Archive Site Trinity College Cambridge ID
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Biblioteca Franco Serantini ID
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Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
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CANTIC ID
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CiNii Research ID
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DDB person (GND) ID
118666916
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De Agostini ID
Cannan,+Edwin
Enciclopedia Galega Universal ID
94080
FAST ID
48261
FES digital collections entity ID
420755
Freebase ID
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Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
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Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0014379
IdRef ID
032262698
J9U entity ID
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Libraries Australia ID
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Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
209357
NACSIS-CAT author ID
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NDL Authority ID
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NE.se ID
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NL CR AUT ID
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NLA Trove people ID
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NUKAT ID
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National Library of Israel ID (old)
000425651
National Library of Latvia ID
000053953
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810553534505606
National Library of Portugal ID
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National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
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National Portrait Gallery (London) person ID
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National Virtual Library of India ID
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Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
069725713
Newman Numismatics Portal ID
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Obálky knih ID
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Online Books Page author ID
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Open Library ID
OL113811A
OpenMLOL author ID
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Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ID
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Parsifal cluster ID
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Piraeus Bank Group Cultural Foundation Library (B) ID
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Prabook ID
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Proleksis enciklopedija ID
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SBN author ID
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SHARE Catalogue author ID
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SNAC ARK ID
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Treccani ID
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UK National Archives ID
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UOM ID
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University of Barcelona authority ID
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WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
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Described by source 2
Svensk uppslagsbok, BEIC Digital Library
Occupation 2
economist, economic historian
Students 2
B. R. Ambedkar, Lionel Robbins, Baron Robbins
Contributed to creative work 1
Dictionary of National Biography
Country of citizenship 1
United Kingdom
Doctoral student 1
B. R. Ambedkar
Doctoral students 1
B. R. Ambedkar
Educated at 1
University of Oxford
Employer 1
London School of Economics and Political Science
Given name 1
Edwin
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Place of birth 1
Funchal
Place of death 1
Bournemouth
Sex or gender 1
male
Student 1
Lionel Robbins, Baron Robbins
Writing language 1
English
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Summary

Edwin Cannan was born on February 3, 1861[1], in Funchal[2]. He died on April 8, 1935[3], in Bournemouth[4]. He worked as an economist[5] and economic historian[6].

Why It Matters

Edwin Cannan's notable doctoral advisees include B. R. Ambedkar[21], an economist[22], 1891–1956[23], of British Raj[24], awarded the Bharat Ratna[25], specialised in economics[26].

FAQs

Where was Edwin Cannan born?

Edwin Cannan was born in Funchal[2].

Where did Edwin Cannan die?

Edwin Cannan died in Bournemouth[4].

What did Edwin Cannan do for work?

Edwin Cannan worked as an economist[5] and economic historian[6].

Where did Edwin Cannan go to school?

Edwin Cannan was educated at University of Oxford[9].

Related Entities

B. R. Ambedkar Lionel Robbins, Baron Robbins United Kingdom

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  3. [11] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . International Standard Name Identifier. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [10] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . digitale.beic.it. digitale.beic.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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    Parsifal cluster ID → 341516
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