Francis Ysidro Edgeworth

Life
1845-1926 [orig. Ysidro Francis]; b. 8 Feb., at Edgesworthstown; economist, half nephew to Maria Edgeworth; Balliol, Oxford; held pioneer of mathematical economics and holder of Drummond Chair of Political Economy at Oxford; issued economic and mathetical works; d. 13 Feb. 1926  Oxford. ODNB

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Criticism
See Thomas A. Boylan & Timothy P. Foley, Political Economy and Colonial Ireland: The Propagation and Ideological Function of Economic Discourses in the 19th Century (London: Routledge 1992).

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