Ragnar Frisch, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ragnar Frisch

Norwegian economist

Date of Birth: 03-Mar-1895

Place of Birth: Christiania, Norway

Date of Death: 31-Jan-1973

Profession: professor, economist, econometrician

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Ragnar Anton Kittil Frisch (3 March 1895 – 31 January 1973) was a Norwegian economist and the co-recipient of the first Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1969 (with Jan Tinbergen).
He is known for being one of the founders of the discipline of econometrics, and for coining the widely used term pair macroeconomics/microeconomics in 1933. Frisch was appointed by the King-in-Council as Professor of Economics and Statistics at the Faculty of Law, The Royal Frederick University in 1931.
He served as the Dean of the Faculty of Law 1942–1943.
Today, the Frisch Centre at the University of Oslo is named in his honour.