Quote of the day
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
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)