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Leonid Vitaliyevich Kantorovich
Full Name of the recipient | Leonid Vitaliyevich Kantorovich |
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Award | Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel |
Year of Award | 1975 |
Share in Award | 50.0% |
Award Shared with | Tjalling C. Koopmans (50.0%) |
Motivation for the Award | for their contributions to the theory of optimum allocation of resources |
Affiliation at the Time of Award | Academy of Sciences, Moscow, USSR |
Place of Birth | St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (now known as Russia RUS) |
Date of Birth | 19 January 1912 |
Age at the time of Award | 62 years |
Place of Death | Moscow, USSR RUS |
Date of Death | 7 April 1986 |