Ronald Coase

Ronald Harry Coase (29 December 1910 – 2 September 2013) was a British economist. He was a Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago Law School. Coase won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1991.

Ronald Coase
Coase in Chicago in September 2009
Born	(1910-12-29)29 December 1910 Willesden, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Died	2 September 2013(2013-09-02) (aged 102) Chicago, Illinois, United States
Nationality	British
Institution	University at Buffalo University of Virginia University of Chicago
Field	Law and economics
School or tradition	New Institutional Economics
Alma mater	London School of Economics
Contributions	Coase Theorem Analysis of transaction costs Coase conjecture
Awards	Nobel Prize in Economics (1991)
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Early life

Ronald Harry Coase was born in Willesden, Middlesex, on 29 December 1910. As a child, Coase had a weakness in his legs, which is why he had to wear leg-irons.

Education

Due to this problem, he attended the school for physical defectives. At the age of 12, he was able to enter at the Kilburn Grammar School on scholarship. Coase attended the London School of Economics, where he received a bachelor of commerce degree in 1932.

Career

After studying with the University of London External Programme in 1927–29, Coase entered the London School of Economics, where he took courses with Arnold Plant.^[1] He received the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1991.^[2]

Coase became the oldest living Nobel laureate before his death in 2013.^[3]

Personal life

Coase was married to Marian Hartung from 1937 until his death in 2013. They had no children.

Death

Coase died in Chicago, Illinois on 2 September 2013 from natural causes.^[4] He was 102 years old.