Yang Jingnian, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Yang Jingnian

Chinese economist

Date of Birth: 17-Oct-1908

Place of Birth: Miluo City, Hunan, China

Date of Death: 04-Sep-2016

Profession: economist, translator, faculty member

Nationality: China

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Yang Jingnian (Chinese: ???; 17 October 1908 – 4 September 2016) was a Chinese economist and translator from Miluo, Hunan Province. In 1932, Yang attended National Chengchi University in the Administration department.
Graduating in 1936, he joined the Nankai University economic research institute.
Nine years later, in 1945, he studied politics at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, specializing in economics.
In 1948, Yang earned a D.Phil.
from Oxford, and that same year he became a professor at Nankai University.Yang's most notable translations were The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith; The Economic Development of France and Germany, 1815-1914 by John Clapham; and History of Economics Analysis by Joseph Schumpeter.
In an interview in 2006, a 98-year-old Yang said his secret for longevity was a balanced attitude, constant use of the brain, learning new things frequently, and physical exercise.
In 2008, he published an autobiography when he turned 100 years old.