Ludwig Heinrich Edler von Mises (pronounced /ˈluːtvɪç fɔn ˈmiːzəs/) (September 29, 1881 – October 10, 1973) was an Austrian aristocrat, economist, philosopher, author and classical liberal who had a major influence on the modern libertarian movement and the Austrian School.
Ludwig von Mises was born in the city of Lemberg, in Galicia, Austria-Hungary (now in Ukraine), to parents Arthur Edler von Mises from a recently ennobled Jewish family involv...
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Ludwig Heinrich Edler von Mises (pronounced /ˈluːtvɪç fɔn ˈmiːzəs/) (September 29, 1881 – October 10, 1973) was an Austrian aristocrat, economist, philosopher, author and classical liberal who had a major influence on the modern libertarian movement and the Austrian School.
Ludwig von Mises was born in the city of Lemberg, in Galicia, Austria-Hungary (now in Ukraine), to parents Arthur Edler von Mises from a recently ennobled Jewish family involved in building and financing railroads, and Adele von Mises (née Landau), the niece of Dr. Joachim Landau, a Liberal Party deputy to the Austrian Parliament.. Arthur was stationed there as a construction engineer with Czernowitz railroad company. At the age of twelve Ludwig spoke fluent German, Polish, and French, read Latin, and could understand Ukrainian. Mises had two younger brothers: applied physicist Richard von Mises, a member of the famous Vienna Circle, and later Karl von Mises, who died in infancy from scarlet fever. When Ludwig and...
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