caption death_date death_place influenced birth_place school_tradition influences color contributions image_size awards institution field birth_date article_title name alma_mater
frank h. knight 15 april 1972 chicago , illinois ronald friedman james m. buchanan david rockefeller coase steven n. s. cheung george stigler milton mclean county , illinois chicago school of economics clarence alvin s. johnson edwin ayres john b. clark allyn a. young maroon knightian uncertainty 200px -lsb- -rrb- http://www.aeaweb.org/honors_awards/walker_medal.php francis a. walker medal -rsb- -lrb- 1957 cornell university university of chicago university of iowa risk theory profit theory value theory 7 november 1885 frank knight
 frank hyneman knight milligan college university of tennessee cornell university
frank knight

frank hyneman knight -lrb- november 7 , 1885 -- april 15 , 1972 -rrb- was an american economist who spent most of his career at the university of chicago , where he became one of the founders of the chicago school .
nobel laureates milton friedman , george stigler and james m. buchanan were all students of knight at chicago .
ronald coase said that knight , without teaching him , was a major influence on his thinking .
