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Antoine-Augustin Cournot was born1 on 28 August 1801 at Gray, a French town in the Franche-Comté. The family background was essentially rural, but an uncle of his was a public notary. It was this uncle, with his conservative leanings, who exercised a considerable influence on Cournot.
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Theocharis, R.D. (1983). Augustin Cournot. In: Early Developments in Mathematical Economics. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-04949-3_9
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