The Greatest Irish Mathematicians

Birthdate: February 8, 1845

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Birthplace: Edgeworthstown, County Longford, Ireland

Died: February 13, 1926

Francis Ysidro Edgeworth was an Anglo-Irish economist and statistician, known for his significant contributions to the methods of statistics. An autodidact in mathematics and economics, he imaginatively applied mathematics to the fields of economics and statistics, writing several books, including Mathematical Psychics, presenting new ideas on various topics like on the generalized utility function, the indifference curve etc.  .