Sidney Sherwood

Sidney Sherwood
Born (1860-05-28)May 28, 1860
Ballston, New York
Died August 5, 1901(1901-08-05) (aged 41)
Ballston, New York
Nationality American
Institution Johns Hopkins University
School or
tradition
Marginalism
Alma mater Johns Hopkins University
Princeton University
Doctoral
advisor
Richard T. Ely
Doctoral
students
George E. Barnett

Sidney Sherwood (May 28, 1860 – August 5, 1901) was an American economist. He was a Professor of Economics at Johns Hopkins University from 1892 to 1901, where he succeeded his teacher Richard T. Ely who had left for the University of Wisconsin–Madison, as head of the political economy program.[1] Although a student of Ely's, Sherwood was one of the early American Marginalists.

Sherwood died at age 41 in his hometown, Ballston, New York.[2]

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