General Info | TEI
| Name | Morgenstern, Oskar |
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| ID | 280 |
| Gender | male |
| Lifespan | 1902-01-24 - 1977-07-26 |
| Professions | economist (Q188094), professor of economics |
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| Uri(s) |
https://id.acdh.oeaw.ac.at/ica/persons/2_95 |
| Notes | Oskar Morgenstern was a German-American economist. In collaboration with mathematician John von Neumann, he founded the mathematical field of game theory as applied to economics. Having emigrated to the United States in 1938, he became a US citizen in 1944. Upon visiting Vienna in 1947, he harshly criticized Austrian academia. |
| References | His archive of both published and unpublished work is to be found at Duke University. Fleck, Christian. "Oskar Morgenstern und das Wien des Jahres 1947." in: Return from Exile, 2017, 431-56. Selected Economic Writings of Oskar Morgenstern. Edited by Andrew Schotter, New York, New York University Press, 1976. Chaloupek, Günther. "The Influence of Emigrated Economists on Economic Thinking and Economic Policy in Post-War Austria." in: Return from Exile, 2017, 393-412. |
Relations
Institution
| Start | End | Other relation type | Related Institution |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925 | — | graduated from | University of Vienna |
| 1928 | 1938 | taught at | University of Vienna |
| 1944 | — | related | American citizenship |
| 1938 | 1938 | was guest professor at | Princeton University |
| 1938 | 1970 | was professor at | Princeton University |
| 1970 | 1977 | was professor at | New York University |
| 1925 | 1928 | was fellow of | Rockefeller Foundation |
| 1931 | 1938 | was head of | Wiener Konjunkturforschungsinstitut |
| 1963 | — | co-founder of | Institut für Höhere Studien - Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS) |
Person
| Start | End | Other relation type | Related Person |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | — | related >> collaborated with | Lazarsfeld, Paul Felix |
| 1938 | 1944 | related >> collaborated with | Neumann, John von |
Place
| Start | End | Other relation type | Related Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1902-01-24 | — | related >> born in | Görlitz |
| 1977-07-26 | — | related >> died in | Princeton, NJ |
| 1914 | 1938 | related >> lived at >> grew up in | Vienna |
| 1938 | — | related >> stayed in | United States of America |
| 2012-11 | — | related >> had named after him/herself | Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz, 1090 Vienna |
| 1947-07-03 | 1947-07-25 | related >> visited | Vienna |
| 1947-06-10 | 1947-09-11 | related >> stayed in | Europe |
| — | 1938 | related >> lived at | Stadlergasse 3, 1130 Vienna |
Work
| Start | End | Other relation type | Related Work |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1944 | — | related >> wrote >> author of | Theory of Games and Economic Behavior |
| 1947 | — | related >> wrote >> author of | diary of his impressions collected in Vienna in the summer of 1947 |
