Jacob Viner
Canadian economist
Jacob Viner was a Canadian economist and is considered with Frank Knight and Henry Simons to be one of the "inspiring" mentors of the early Chicago school of economics in the 1930s: he was one of the leading figures of the Chicago faculty. Wikipedia
Born: May 3, 1892, Montreal, Canada
Died: September 12, 1970 (age 78 years), Princeton, NJ
Influenced: Milton Friedman, Paul Samuelson, George Stigler, and more
Alma mater: McGill University; Harvard University
Notable ideas: Economy/Diseconomy; Ricardo–Viner model; trade creation; trade diversion
School or tradition: Chicago school of economics