Sir [3] William James Ashley (born Sir William James Ashley ; February 25, 1860 , Bermondsey - July 23, 1927 , Canterbury ) - British economist , representative of the historical school , professor , writer . [four]
| Ashley, William | |
|---|---|
| English William James Ashley | |
| Date of Birth | |
| Place of Birth | Bermondsey |
| Date of death | |
| Place of death | Canterbury |
| A country | |
| Scientific field | economy |
| Place of work | |
| Alma mater | |
| Academic rank | Professor |
Biography
Graduated at Oxford , Balliol College . In July 1888 he married Margaret Hill and in the summer of that year sailed with her to Canada , where he received an academic post. [5] In 1888–92 he worked as a professor of political and constitutional history at the University of Toronto ( Canada ).
In 1892-1901 he taught economic history at Harvard University ( USA ).
In 1888-1893 he published his most significant work, “The Economic History of England in Connection with Economic Theory,” which covers the development of the English economy in the Middle Ages. [6] In 1897, the work was published in Russian.
In the years 1900-1925 he was a professor of commerce and finance at the University of Birmingham ( Great Britain ). On June 16, 1917 he was knighted. [7]
Major works
- 1888 - An Introduction to English Economic History and Theory, Part I: The Middle Ages ; 4th ed. (1909), on line, McMaster University. - a book dedicated to the memory of Arnold Toynbee
- 1893 - An Introduction to English Economic History and Theory, Part II: The End of the Middle Ages, (1893); 4th ed., (1906) on line, McMaster University
- The economic history of England in connection with economic theory - M., 1897. - 815 p.
- 1900 - Surveys historic and economic
- 1903 - The Tariff Problem, Westminster, PJ King
- 1903 - The adjustment of wages: a study in the coal and iron industries of Great Britain and America, London, Longmans, Green
- 1904 - The Progress of the German working classes in the last quarter of the century, London: Longmans, Green & Co.
- 1907 - "The Present Position of Political Economy", Economic Journal, 17 (68), pp. 467–89.
- 1912 - Gold and Prices
- 1914 - The Economic Organization of England: An Outline History, London: Longmans, Green & Co.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 BNF identifier : Open Data Platform 2011.
- ↑ 1 2 SNAC - 2010.
- ↑ Ashley, William James in VIAF . VIAF .
- ↑ ISNI 0000000110715497 Ashley, Sir William James (1860-1927) . www.isni.org. Date of appeal October 26, 2018.
- ↑ marriage of Margaret Hill and WJ Ashley // Letters of George Birkbeck Hill / Crump, Lucy. - London: Edward Arnold, 1906. - P. 168.
- ↑ Ashley William James - article from the Great Soviet Encyclopedia .
- ↑ No. 30138, p. 6047 (English) // London Gazette : Newspaper. - L .. - Iss. 30138 . - No. 30138 . - P. 6047 . - ISSN 0374-3721 .
Literature
- Dzhivelegov A.K. ,. Ashley, William-James // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.