Angus Deaton

Sir Angus Stewart Deaton FBA (born 19 October 1945) is a British-American economist and academic. Deaton is currently a Senior Scholar and the Dwight D. Eisenhower Professor of Economics and International Affairs Emeritus at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and the Economics Department at Princeton University. His research focuses primarily on poverty, inequality, health, wellbeing, and economic development.

This article is about the economist. For the English comic actor and television presenter, see Angus Deayton.

Sir Angus Deaton
Deaton in 2015
Born
Angus Stewart Deaton

(1945-10-19) 19 October 1945
Edinburgh, Scotland
NationalityBritish, American
Education
Alma materFitzwilliam College, Cambridge
SpouseAnne Case
Awards
  • Frisch Medal (1978)
  • Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2015)
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2015)
Scientific career
FieldsMicroeconomics
Institutions
  • University of Bristol
  • Princeton University
  • University of Southern California
Thesis Models of Consumer Demand and Their Application to the United Kingdom  (1975)
Doctoral advisorRichard Stone
Academic career
Information at IDEAS / RePEc

In 2015, he was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his analysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare.

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