William Stanley Jevons (1835–82)

Economist and philosopher of science. Studied mathematics and chemistry at University College, London, 1851–3. Assayer at the Royal Mint, Sydney, Australia, 1854–9. Made meteorological and geological observations in Australia. BA, University College, London, 1860; MA in mental philosophy and political economy, 1862. Junior tutor, Owens College, Manchester, 1863–6; professor of logic, mental and moral philosophy, and political economy, 1866–75. Developed a logical machine, later recognised as a forerunner of twentieth-century computers. Published The theory of political economy (1871) and The principles of science (1874). Professor of political economy, University College, London, 1875–80. FRS 1872.