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Frank Byron Jevons
Frank Byron Jevons (1858–1936) was a polymath, academic and administrator of Durham University.
Early life
He was educated at Nottingham High School and Wadham College, Oxford and appointed a lecturer in Classics at Durham in 1882.
Career
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(1858–1936), British academic and philosopher
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Frederic Jevons
Frederic Raphael Jevons (born 19 September 1929 in Austria as Frederic Raphael Bettelheim, died 30 September 2012 in Melbourne) was a British Professor of biochemistry and later an Australian educator. He was informally known as Fred Jevons and ...
(born 1929), academic
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Marshall Jevons
Marshall Jevons is a fictitious crime writer invented and used by William L. Breit and Kenneth G. Elzinga, professors of economics at Trinity University, San Antonio, and the University of Virginia, respectively.
It was Breit's notion to ...
, the name of a fictitious crime writer invented and used by William Breit and Kenneth G. Elzinga
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Phil Jevons
Phillip Jevons (born 1 August 1979) is an English football coach and former professional footballer.
As a player, he was a forward who played between 1996 and 2014 for Everton, Grimsby Town, Hull City, Yeovil Town, Bristol City, Huddersfiel ...
(born 1979), English football player
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Reginald Jevons (1901-1981), British organist and composer
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William Stanley Jevons
William Stanley Jevons (; 1 September 183513 August 1882) was an English economist and logician.
Irving Fisher described Jevons's book ''A General Mathematical Theory of Political Economy'' (1862) as the start of the mathematical method in ec ...
(1835–1882), English economist and logician
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Jevons paradox
In economics, the Jevons paradox (; sometimes Jevons effect) occurs when technological progress or government policy increases the efficiency with which a resource is used (reducing the amount necessary for any one use), but the falling cost o ...
- an economic paradox where increased efficiency sometimes causes increased resource consumption.
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Jevon (disambiguation) Jevon is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
* Jevon Atkinson, swimmer
*Jevon Carter (born 1995), American basketball player
*Jevon Crudup, basketball player
* Jevon Demming (born 1989), football player
* Jevon Francis (born 1983), ...
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Jevans Jevans is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* John Jevans (by 1525–1565), English politician
See also
*Jevons Jevons may refer to:
People
* Frank Byron Jevons (1858–1936), British academic and philosopher
* Frederic Jevons ( ...
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Jeavons (disambiguation) Jeavons may refer to:
* Aaron Jeavons (born 1989), English cricketer
* Billy Jeavons (1912–1992), English footballer
* Colin Jeavons (born 1929), Welsh actor
* Enoch Jeavons (1893–1967), English cricketer
* Jean Jeavons (born 1956), British sw ...
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