Daniel Thomson Jack (1901–1984) was a

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political economist who was Professor of Economics at the

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. Jack graduated from the

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. He was appointed to the

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(1953–1955).

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was the first incumbent when the Daniel Jack professorial chair in economics was created at the University of Glasgow.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jack, Daniel 1901 births 1984 deaths British economists Academics of Durham University