Born 1 September 1835
Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Died 13 August 1882 (aged 46)
Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex, England
Nationality British
Fields Economics
Logic
Institutions University College London 1876–80
Owens College (now University of Manchester) 1863–1875
Alma mater University College London
Academic advisors Augustus De Morgan
Known for Marginal utility theory
Influences Jeremy Bentham
Influenced Frank Fetter
Irving Fisher
Alfred Marshall
Karl Popper
Lionel Robbins
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Notes
While not a formal advisor (Jevons never acquired a PhD), De Morgan was his most influential professor.[1]