Italian sociologist and economist (born 1845)

Vilfredo Pareto

Vilfredo Federico Damaso Pareto was an Italian polymath, whose areas of interest included sociology, civil engineering, economics, political science, and philosophy. He made several important contributions to economics, particularly in the study of income distribution and in the analysis of individuals' choices, and was one of the minds behind the Lausanne School of economics. He was also responsible for popularising the use of the term elite in social analysis and contributed to elite theory. He has been described as "one of the last Renaissance scholars.

Born

1848

July 15

Died

1923

Era

1840s

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Vilfredo, in brief

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1848 Born
1923 Died

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What else happened on this day, through history

-484 Dedication of the Temple of Castor and Pollux in ancient Rome.
70 First Jewish–Roman War: Titus and his armies breach the walls of Jerusalem. (17th of Tammuz in the Hebrew calendar).
756 An Lushan Rebellion: Emperor Xuanzong of Tang is ordered by his Imperial Guards to execute chancellor Yang Guozhong by forcing him to commit suicide or face a mutiny. General An Lushan has other members of the emperor's family killed.
1099 First Crusade: Christian soldiers take the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem after the final assault of a difficult siege.

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The world in 1923

When Vilfredo departed

april 15 Insulin becomes generally available for use by people with diabetes.
april 15 Racially motivated Nihon Shōgakkō fire lit by a serial arsonist kills 10 children in Sacramento, California.
april 26 The Duke of York (the future King George VI) weds Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon at Westminster Abbey.
april 28 Wembley Stadium is opened, named initially as the Empire Stadium.

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Aníbal Cavaco Silva 1939– Portuguese economist and politician, 19th President of the Portuguese Republic Ashoke Sen 1956– Indian theoretical physicist and string theorist Brenda Milner 1918– English-Canadian neuropsychologist and academic David Miliband 1965– English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Dorothy Fields 1905–1974 American songwriter (died 1974) Emmeline Pankhurst 1858–1928 English political activist and suffragist (died 1928) Fritz Langanke 1919–2012 German lieutenant (born 1919) Harrison Birtwistle 1934–2022 British composer (born 1934) Inigo Jones 1573–1652 English architect, designed the Queen's House (died 1652)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1848

Andrew Inglis Clark 1848–1907 Australian engineer, lawyer, and politician (died 1907) Carl Wernicke 1848– German neuropathologist. (died 1905) Gottlob Frege 1848–1925 German mathematician and philosopher (born 1848) Johann Palisa 1848–1925 Austrian astronomer (died 1925) Louis Comfort Tiffany 1848–1933 American stained glass artist (died 1933) Tōgō Heihachirō 1848–1934 Japanese admiral (died 1934)

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