What is Theodore Schultz?
{{Infobox economist | name = Theodore Schultz | school_tradition = [[Chicago school of economics]] | image = Theodore W. Schultz.jpg | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1902|4|30|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Arlington, South Dakota]], United States | death_date = {{Death date and age|1998|02|26|1902|04|30|df=y}} | death_place = [[Evanston, Illinois]], United States | nationality = American | influenced = [[D. Gale Johnson]] | field = [[Agricultural economics]] | institution = {{hlist|[[Iowa State University]] | [[University of Chicago]]}} | alma_mater = {{hlist|[[South Dakota State University]]|[[University of Wisconsin-Madison]]}} | awards = [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences]] (1979) | signature = | repec_prefix = e | repec_id = psc28 }} {{nobelprize|Economics}}'''Theodore William Schultz''' ({{IPAc-en|ʃ|ʊ|l|t|s}}; 30 April 1902 – 26 February 1998) was an American economist. He was the chairman of the [[University of Chicago]] Department of Economics.<ref>{{cite web | title = The Story of The Department of Agricultural Economics: 1909–1972 | author = Shaars, Marvin A. | year = 1972 | url = http://www.aae.wisc.edu/pubs/AAEStory.pdf | access-date = 2009-09-17 | archive-date = 2020-04-02 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200402104801/http://www.aae.wisc.edu/pubs/AAEStory.pdf | url-status = dead }}</ref> He won the 1979 [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Schultz, Theodore}} [[Category:1902 births]] [[Category:1998 deaths]] [[Category:American economists]] [[Category:Scientists from South Dakota]] [[Category:University of Chicago faculty]] [[Category:University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni]] {{US-bio-stub}} {{Nobel Prize in economics}}