https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lighthouse_in_Economics
Ronald H. Coase is one of the most brilliant scientists ever and he just recently died in 2013. He was literally still productive at 100 years old.
Btw, the famous Coase Theorem is actually not be Coase and he didn't like the way it was used.
Here an interview with him just 1 year before he died:
https://www.econtalk.org/coase-on-externalities-the-firm-and...
Here some other interviews from the same podcast about him:
https://www.econtalk.org/wally-thurman-on-bees-beekeeping-an...
https://www.econtalk.org/boudreaux-on-coase/
https://www.econtalk.org/robert-frank-on-coase/