Nicolas-François Canard | |
Birth Date: | c. 1750 |
Birth Place: | Sézanne, France |
Death Date: | 1833 |
Death Place: | Moulins, Allier, France |
Nationality: | French |
Field: | Economics mathematics |
Nicolas-François Canard (in French kanaʁ/; c. 1750 – 1833) was a French mathematician, philosopher and economist. He was one of the pioneers of applying mathematics to economic problems, foreshadowing the works of Antoine Augustin Cournot, William Stanley Jevons, and others.