Born: 24-Jan-1902
Birthplace: Görlitz, Germany
Died: 26-Jul-1977
Location of death: Princeton, NJ
Cause of death: unspecified

Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Economist

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Game theorist

Wife: Dorothy Young (m. 1948)

    University: PhD Political Science, University of Vienna (1925)
    Professor: University of Vienna (1929-38)
    Professor: Princeton University (1938-70)
    Professor: New York University (1970-77)

    Naturalized US Citizen 1944

Author of books:
Wirtschaftsprognose: Eine untersuhung ihrer Voraussetzungen und Moglichkeiten (1928)
Die Grenzen der Wirtschaftspolitik (1934)
Theory of Games and Economic Behavior (1944, with John von Neumann)
On the Accuracy of Economic Observations (1950)
Prolegomena to a Theory of Organization (1951)
The Question of National Defense (1959)
Predictability of Stock Market Prices (1970, with C. W. J. Granger)
Mathematical Theories of Expanding and Contracting Economies (1976, with G. L. Thompson)

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