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Definition of Jevons
1. Noun. English economist and logician who contributed to the development of the theory of marginal utility (1835-1882).
Generic synonyms: Economic Expert, Economist, Logician, Logistician
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jevons
Literary usage of Jevons
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1892)
"1825 to Thomas Jevons. She was the mother of William Stanley Jevons [qv] Her
youth was ... His father, Thomas Jevons, had been brought up to the trade of ..."
2. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"William Stanley Jevons 1835-1882 Born in Liverpool, 1st September 1835, studied
there and ... Jevons was distinguished by a noble simplicity of disposition. ..."
3. The English Illustrated Magazine (1896)
"said the wrecked (¡enius Jevons down among the dead men of the slums of art. ...
And when the daylight came Jevons was patched up for a bit, ..."
4. The English Illustrated Magazine (1896)
"said the wrecked Genius Jevons down among the dead men of the slums of art. ...
And when the daylight came Jevons was patched up for a bit, and went to work ..."
5. Journal of the Statistical Society of London by Statistical Society (Great Britain) (1882)
"CONTENTS: I.—Professor William Stanley Jevons, FRS II. ... Professor Jevons was
long and intimately connected with the Statistical Society, and for several ..."
6. Publications by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1897)
"IN his introductory chapter Dr. Jevons claims, with characteristic modesty, ...
Dr. Jevons begins by distinguishing between the natural and supernatural as ..."
7. Notes on the Literature of Charities by Herbert Baxter Adams (1887)
"Jevons ON AMUSEMENTS. A very suggestive essay upon the subject of Amusements for
the People is that by "W. Stanley Jevons, first published in the ..."
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