Antoine augustin cournot biography of mahatma gandhi

French economist and mathematician

Antoine Augustin Cournot (French:[ɑ̃twanoɡystɛ̃kuʁno]; 28 August 1801 – 31 March 1877) was a French philosopher and mathematician who contributed to the development of economics.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Biography

Antoine Augustin Cournot was born on August 28, 1801 at Gray, Haute-Saône.^[7] He entered the preparatory school at Gray in 1809 where he studied until the age of 15.^[7] He studied at College Royal of Besancon.^[7]

In 1821 he entered one of the most prestigious Grandes Écoles, the École Normale Supérieure, and, according to Sandmo:

in 1823 he took a license degree in mathematics at Sorbonne University.

He then became the private secretary of a field marshal who required assistance in writing his memoirs. This position left Cournot with considerable time for his own pursuits. In the course of his te Antoine Augustin Cournot, 1801-1877 - HET Website XEPOP