George J. Stigler

Born                               January 17, 1911

Died                               December 1, 1991 (aged 80) Chicago, Illinois

Nationality                       Seattle, Washington,  United States

Institution                        Columbia University

Brown University

University of Chicago

Field                               Economics

Alma mater                     University of Chicago (Ph.D.), University of Washington (BA), Northwestern University (MBA)

Opposed                         John Maynard Keynes

Influences                       Frank Knight, Jacob Viner, Henry Simons, Milton Friedman

Influenced                       Jacques Drèze, Thomas Sowell, Kenneth Lyon

Contributions                  Capture theory

Awards                           Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (1982)

National Medal of Science. 

"Seminal studies of industrial structures, functioning of markets and causes and effects of public regulation."