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Savage, Leonard Jimmie 1917-1971

Archival location guide — where this economist’s surviving papers are held, their notable correspondents, and key published sources.

Born 1917 · died 1971

Leonard Jimmie Savage was an American mathematician and statistician. Economist Milton Friedman said Savage was "one of the few people I have met whom I would unhesitatingly call a genius."

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Where the papers are held

The surviving papers of Savage, Leonard Jimmie 1917-1971 are held at Manuscripts and Archives Department Yale University Library.

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Cite this entry

Savage, Leonard Jimmie 1917-1971. “Archival papers.” Economists’ Papers, https://www.economistspapers.org.uk/savage-leonard-jimmie-1917-1971/ (accessed 19 Jun 2026).