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Nov 06, 1853 New Haven, Connecticut, United States Died on 05 Sep 1933 (aged 79)
American economist
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About Henry Walcott Farnam
- Henry Walcott Farnam (November 6, 1853 – September 5, 1933) was an American economist.
- He was professor of political economy at Yale University from 1880 to 1918.
- In 1911, he served as president of the American Economic Association. The son of railroad executive Henry Farnam, he attended Yale University graduating with a bachelor's degree in 1874, and then studied towards a M.A.
- in Roman law and economics in 1876.
- Like many American economists of the late 19th century, Farnam then went to Germany to study under the leading figures of the German historical school.
- Farnam earned a PhD from the University of Strasbourg in 1878.
