Gérard Debreu

Who is this?

Gérard Debreu (French: [dəbʁø]; 4 July 1921 – 31 December 2004) was a French-born economist and mathematician. Best known as a professor of economics at the University of California, Berkeley, where he began work in 1962, he won the 1983 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.

Career

1. 1921
   Born
2. 1977
   Member of National Academy of Sciences
3. 2004
   Passed away
4. Member of French Academy of Sciences
5. Member of American Academy of Arts and Sciences
6. Won Commander of the National Order of Merit
7. Won Humboldt Research Fellowship
8. Won Humboldt Prize
9. Won Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association
10. Won doctor honoris causa of Keiō University

Trivia

• •Place of birth: Calais
• •Citizenship: France, United States
• •Known as: mathematician, economist, researcher, university teacher