Quote of the day
In the past the man has been first; in the future the system must be first. This in no sense, however, implies that great men are not needed. On the contrary, the first object of any good system must be that of developing first-class men
R. G. D. Allen
Born: June 3, 1906
Died: September 29, 1983 (aged 77)
Bio: Sir Roy George Douglas Allen was an English economist, mathematician and statistician.
Known for:
- Mathematical analysis for economists (1938)
- Index numbers in theory and practice (1975)
- Mathematical economics (1956)