Herbert Stanley Jevons

Herbert Stanley Jevons (8 October 1875 – 27 June 1955) was an English political scientist.

Born in Manchester, Jevons was the son of economist and mathematician William Stanley Jevons. He was professor of economics and political science at University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire which is a former name of Cardiff University. He was also the first Head of Department of Economics at University of Allahabad. Jevons was the first Secretary of the Abyssinian Association and the first treasurer of the Anglo-Ethiopian Society. He started the Indian Journal of Economics. He was also the first president of Indian Economic Association.

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