Dr Ian Forester Gibson, Department of Economics, Queen's College, Dundee

Correspondence and papers of Dr I. F. Gibson, Department of EconomicsQueen's College, Dundee relating to The Scottish Economic Society, Dundee Branch, of which he was secretary, 1955-1960. Relates mainly to arrangements for visiting speakers including many local and national businessmen and industrialists as well as several academics

Ian Forester Gibson was educated at Glasgow High School, before enrolling at Dundee School of Economics and later the London School of Economics from where he obtained a PhD. In 1950, at the age of 26, he was appointed as a permanent lecturer at Dundee School of Economics, having previously been an assistant lecturer. He was the first student of the School to go on to be a lecturer in the same School. When the School became part of Queen's College, Dundee in 1955 he joined the College as a lecturer in economics, and left around 1960. At the 1950 general election he contested the Wimbledon constituency for the Liberal Party, coming third.

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Ian Forester Gibson was educated at Glasgow High School, before enrolling at Dundee School of Economics and later the London School of Economics from where he obtained a PhD. In 1950, at the age of 26, he was appointed as a permanent lecturer at Dundee School of Economics, having previously been an assistant lecturer. He was the first student of the School to go on to be a lecturer in the same School. When the School became part of Queen's College, Dundee in 1955 he joined the College as a lecturer in economics, and left around 1960. At the 1950 general election he contested the Wimbledon constituency for the Liberal Party, coming third.

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