Tjalling Koopmans, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Tjalling Koopmans

Dutch American economist

Date of Birth: 28-Aug-1910

Place of Birth: 's-Graveland, North Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 26-Feb-1985

Profession: physicist, mathematician, economist

Nationality: United States, Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Tjalling Charles Koopmans (August 28, 1910 – February 26, 1985) was a Dutch American mathematician and economist.
He was the joint winner with Leonid Kantorovich of the 1975 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his work on the theory of the optimum allocation of resources.
Koopmans showed that on the basis of certain efficiency criteria, it is possible to make important deductions concerning optimum price systems.