Origins & Early Life

Sir Clive William John Granger (; 4 September 1934 – 27 May 2009) was a British econometrician known for his contributions to nonlinear time series analysis. He taught in Britain, at the University of Nottingham and in the United States, at the University of California, San Diego. Granger was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2003 in recognition of the contributions that he and his co-winner, Robert F. Engle, had made to the analysis of time series data.

Pivotal Works & Achievements

This work fundamentally changed the way in which economists analyse financial and macroeconomic data. Clive Granger was born in 1934 in Swansea, south Wales, United Kingdom, to Edward John Granger and Evelyn Granger. The next year his parents moved to Lincoln. During World War II Granger and his mother moved to Cambridge because Edward joined the Royal Air Force and deployed to North Africa. Here they stayed first with Evelyn's mother, then later Edward's parents, while Clive began school.

Enduring Legacy & Impact

Clive would later recall a primary school teacher telling his mother that "[Clive] would never be successful". Clive started secondary school in Cambridge, but continued in Nottingham, where...

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