William Amasa Scott (April 17, 1862 in
Clarkson, New York[Scott, William Amasa]
in '' Who's Who in America'' (1901-1902 edition), via archive.org
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–1944) was an American economist and one of the leading representatives of the
marginalist school.
He received his B.A. from the
University of Rochester
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in 1886, and his PhD under supervision of
Richard T. Ely from
Johns Hopkins University
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in 1892. Scott was a professor of Political Economy at the
University of Wisconsin–Madison
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until 1931, and a contributor to
John Kells Ingram’s ''A History of Political Economy''.
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1862 births
1944 deaths
People from Clarkson, New York
Economists from New York (state)
University of Rochester alumni
Johns Hopkins University alumni
University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty
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