Francis Ysidro Edgeworth was an Anglo-Irish philosopher and political economist who made significant contributions to the methods of statistics during the 1880s. From 1891 onward, he was appointed the founding editor of The Economic Journal.
- Occupation
- economist, statistician, lawyer, mathematician
- Position held
- president of the Royal Statistical Society, editor, Drummond Professor of Political Economy
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom
- Born
- February 8, 1845
- Died