Alfred Marshall

Alfred Marshall FBA
Marshall circa the release of Principles (1890)
Born	(1842-07-26)26 July 1842 London, England
Died	13 July 1924(1924-07-13) (aged 81) Cambridge, England, UK
Spouse	Mary Paley Marshall

Academic background
Alma mater	St John's College, Cambridge
Influences	Carlyle Dupuit Jevons Pareto Ruskin Sidgwick Walras
Academic work
School or tradition	Neoclassical economics
Institutions	St John's College, Cambridge University College, Bristol Balliol College, Oxford
Notable ideas	Father of microeconomics and welfare economics Founder of neoclassical economics Principles of Economics (1890) Marshallian scissors Internal and external economies Marshall–Lerner condition

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Alfred Marshall FBA (26 July 1842 – 13 July 1924) was an English economist and one of the most influential economists of his time. His book Principles of Economics (1890) was the dominant economic textbook in England for many years, and brought the ideas of supply and demand, marginal utility, and costs of production into a coherent whole, popularizing the modern neoclassical approach which dominates microeconomics to this day. As a result, he is known as the father of scientific economics.