Letter from Alfred Marshall to Mr Hodson, concerning arrangements for social reformer and economist William Beveridge's (1879 - 1963) visit to Cambridge.
MARSHALL ALFRED 1842 - 1924 PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL ECONOMY
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Alfred Marshall 1842 - 1924
Marshall was educated at Merchant Taylors' School and St John's College, Oxford. He was a Fellow of St John's College Cambridge, 1865 - 1877 and 1885 - 1908. From 1877 to 1882 he was Principal of University College, Bristol, 1877 - 1882. He then went on to become a lecturer at and Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford, 1883 - 1884. Marshall was Professor of Political Economy, Cambridge University, 1885 - 1908, and became Emeritus Professor, 1918. He was a member of Royal Commissions on Labour (1891), Aged Poor (1893) and Local Taxation (1899). He also served on the Indian Currency Committee (1899).
His publications include:
- Economics of Industry (in conjunction with his wife)(1879)
- Principles of Economics volume i. (1890)
- Elements of Economics volume i. (1891)
- Memorandum on the Fiscal Policy of International Trade published as a White Paper (1903)
- Industry and Trade (1919)
- Money, Credit and Commerce (1923)
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