Reinhard Selten

Reinhard Selten
Selten in 2001
Born	Reinhard Justus Reginald Selten (1930-10-05)5 October 1930 Breslau, Weimar Germany Wrocław, Poland)
Died	23 August 2016(2016-08-23) (aged 85) Poznań, Poland
Nationality	German
Education	Goethe University Frankfurt
Known for	Game theory
Awards	Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (1994)
Scientific career
Fields	Economics
Institutions	University of Bonn Free University of Berlin[1]
Doctoral advisor	Wolfgang Franz
Doctoral students	Eric van Damme

Reinhard Justus Reginald Selten (German: [ˈʁaɪnhaʁt ˈzɛltn̩] ^ⓘ; 5 October 1930 – 23 August 2016) was a German economist, who won the 1994 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (shared with John Harsanyi and John Nash). He is also well known for his work in bounded rationality and can be considered one of the founding fathers of experimental economics.