Johann Heinrich von Thünen Biography

Johann Heinrich von Thünen biography

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NAME: Johann Heinrich von Thünen
OCCUPATION: Economist
BIRTH DATE: June 24, 1783
DEATH DATE: September 22, 1850
PLACE OF BIRTH: Jever, Germany
PLACE OF DEATH: Tellow, Germany

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Economist and agriculturalist Johann Heinrich von Thünen wrote about the relationship between commodity transportation costs and the location of production.

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Johann Heinrich von Thünen was born June 24, 1783, in Jever, Germany. After carrying out research on his own estate into the relationship between commodity transportation costs and the location of production, he set forth his theories in The Isolated State (1826). He used an imaginary city, isolated in the middle of a fertile plain as a model. His model influenced many writers on the subject.