John Clapham
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Sir John Harold Clapham, CBE, LittD, FBA (13 September 1873 – 29 March 1946) was a British economic historian.
He was educated at The Leys School in Cambridge and King's College, Cambridge.[1] He was the first Professor of Economic History at Cambridge University from 1928 to 1938, and Vice-Provost of King's College, Cambridge from 1933 until 1943 in which year he received a knighthood.. He is also remembered for his work, The Bank of England, A History (1944) ISBN 0-521-04662-9
A famous quotation from him is: "Economic advance is not the same thing as human progress".
John Habakkuk was one of his students.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Venn, J.; Venn, J. A., eds. (1922–1958). "Clapham, John Harold". Alumni Cantabrigienses (10 vols) (online ed.). Cambridge University Press.
- ^ F. M. L. Thompson, obituary, The Independent (11 November 2002)
[edit] External links
- Works by or about John Clapham in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
- Archival material relating to John Clapham listed at the UK National Register of Archives
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