Edwin Robert Anderson Seligman, was an American economist who spent his entire academic career at Columbia University in New York City. Seligman is best remembered for his pioneering work involving taxation and public finance. Wikipedia
Born: April 25, 1861, New York, NY
Died: July 18, 1939 (age 78 years), Lake Placid, NY
Parents: Joseph Seligman
Children: Eustace Seligman
Doctoral advisor: John Burgess
Doctoral students: B. R. Ambedkar; Paul Douglas; Robert Murray Haig; Alvin Saunders Johnson