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Reinhard Selten
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Reinhard Selten

1930 – 2016 · aged 86

German economist (1930-2016)

Born
5 Oct 1930 · Wrocław
Died
23 Aug 2016 · Poznań
Part ofPoland967 CE – todayJews74 BCE – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

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  1. 5 Oct 1930BornBorn in Wrocław
  2. 1973AwardFellow of the Econometric Society
  3. 1994AwardPrize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel
  4. 1995AwardGreat Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
  5. 1996AwardHonorary doctorate of the University of Graz
  6. 1996AwardOrder of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia
  7. 1998AwardHonorary doctor of the École normale supérieure de Cachan
  8. 1999RoleDirector of International Congress University
  9. 2000AwardState Prize of North Rhine-Westphalia
  10. 2003AwardHonorary doctor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong
  11. 2006AwardPour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order
  12. 23 Aug 2016DiedDied in Poznań

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1930 – 2016).

  1. 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
  2. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  3. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  4. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  5. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  6. 1938Munich Agreement
  7. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  8. 1939 – 1945World War II
  9. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  10. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  11. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  12. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  13. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  14. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  15. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  16. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  17. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  18. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  19. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  20. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  21. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  22. 1956Suez Crisis
  23. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  24. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  25. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  26. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  27. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  28. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  29. 1968Prague Spring
  30. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  31. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  32. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  33. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  34. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  35. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  36. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  37. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  38. 1985Schengen Agreement
  39. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  40. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall

Biography

Reinhard Justus Reginald Selten (German: [ˈʁaɪnhaʁt ˈzɛltn̩] ; 5 October 1930 – 23 August 2016) was a German economist, who won the 1994 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (shared with John Harsanyi and John Nash). He is also well known for his work in bounded rationality and can be considered one of the founding fathers of experimental economics.

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