Economists

William Stanley Jevons

D - Microeconomics

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General Reference

Economics Atlas. "William Stanley Jevons." Accessed September 3, 2026. https://dev-economics.interactiveatlas.org/economists/william-stanley-jevons.

APA Style

Economics Atlas. (n.d.). William Stanley Jevons. Retrieved September 3, 2026, from https://dev-economics.interactiveatlas.org/economists/william-stanley-jevons

BibTeX

@misc{economicsatlas-william-stanley-jevons,
  author = {Economics Atlas},
  title = {William Stanley Jevons},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-economics.interactiveatlas.org/economists/william-stanley-jevons},
  note = {Accessed September 3, 2026}
}

William Stanley Jevons (1835-1882) was an English economist and logician, one of three economists who independently originated marginal utility theory in the 1870s marginalist revolution, alongside Leon Walras and Carl Menger. His Theory of Political Economy (1871) applied mathematics to economics and argued that value derives from marginal utility rather than labor. He also wrote on the coal question and on business cycle theory linked to sunspot activity.

Facts

Birth Date

1835-09-01 1

Death Date

1882-08-13 1

Nationality

English 1

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