Francis ysidro edgeworth biography
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Biography
Francis Edgeworth's parents were Rosa Florentina Eroles, who was Spanish, and Francis Beaufort Edgeworth, who came from an Irish family with strong literary connections.Francis ysidro edgeworth biography wikipedia
His grandfather was Richard Lovell Edgeworth, an author, inventor and educationalist who was married four times and had 22 children. Among these 22 children were Edgeworth's father and also Maria Edgeworth who was well known as a writer of children's stories and also for novels about life in Ireland.
Richard Lovell Edgeworth had an estate at Edgeworthstown, northwest of Dublin, and it was on this estate that Edgeworth was born.
Francis Ysidro Edgeworth was originally named Ysidro Francis Edgeworth but transposed his forenames.
Francis ysidro edgeworth biography
He was the youngest of his parents five sons and when he was only two years old his father died. Two years later Maria, who also lived on the estate, also died. He did not attend school, but was educated by private tutors in his own home until he reached the age to enter univer