Nicolas-François Canard
{{Short description|French mathematician, philosopher and economist}}
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| birth_date = c. 1750
| birth_place = Sézanne, France
| death_date = 1833
| death_place = Moulins, Allier, France
| nationality = French
| field = Economics
mathematics
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Nicolas-François Canard ({{IPA|fr|kanaʁ|lang}}; c. 1750 – 1833) was a French mathematician, philosopher and economist. He was one of the pioneers of applying mathematics to economic problems, foreshadowing the works of Antoine Augustin Cournot, William Stanley Jevons, and others.
Further reading
- {{cite journal |last=Larson |first=Bruce |year=1999 |title=Canard on Direct Exchange and Taxation: A Perspective on Cournot |journal=History of Political Economy |volume=31 |issue=1 |pages=109–131 |doi=10.1215/00182702-31-1-109 }}
External links
- {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090429131314/http://homepage.newschool.edu/het/profiles/canard.htm |date=April 29, 2009 |title=Nicolas-François Canard, 1750-1833 }}
- [http://www.google.com/search?q=inauthor:%22Nicolas-François+Canard%22&tbm=bks&source=lnt&tbs=bkv:r&sa=X&ei=JNn7VML_MISSyQTRsYKgCQ&ved=0CA8QpwU Works by Nicolas-François Canard at Google Books]
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Category:18th-century French mathematicians
Category:19th-century French mathematicians
Category:18th-century French economists
Category:19th-century French economists
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