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Sir John Harold Clapham,
Order of the British Empire, CBE,
FBA (13 September 1873 – 29 March 1946) was a British economic historian.
He was educated at
The Leys School
The Leys School is a co-educational independent school in Cambridge, England. It is a day and boarding school for about 574 pupils between the ages of eleven and eighteen, and a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference.
Histo ...
in Cambridge and
King's College, Cambridge
King's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Formally The King's College of Our Lady and Saint Nicholas in Cambridge, the college lies beside the River Cam and faces out onto King's Parade in the centre of the cit ...
. From 1889 to 1902 he was a lecturer in History and Economics at
Leeds University
, mottoeng = And knowledge will be increased
, established = 1831 – Leeds School of Medicine1874 – Yorkshire College of Science1884 - Yorkshire College1887 – affiliated to the federal Victoria University1904 – University of Leeds
, ...
and was Professor of Economics there from 1902 to 1908. He was the first Professor of Economic History at
Cambridge University
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from 1928 to 1938, and Vice-Provost of
King's College, Cambridge
King's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Formally The King's College of Our Lady and Saint Nicholas in Cambridge, the college lies beside the River Cam and faces out onto King's Parade in the centre of the cit ...
from 1933 until 1943 when he received a
knighthood
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.
Between 1926 and 1938 he published, in three volumes, ''An Economic History of Modern Britain''. He is also recognised for his study of the
Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution was the transition to new manufacturing processes in Great Britain, continental Europe, and the United States, that occurred during the period from around 1760 to about 1820–1840. This transition included going f ...
in England, and for describing cooperatives in the initiation of the revolution. He is also remembered for his 1944 ''The Bank of England, A History''.
Welsh economic historian Sir
John Habakkuk
Sir Hrothgar John Habakkuk (13 May 1915 – 3 November 2002) was a British economic historian.
Biography
Habakkuk was born in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, the son of Evan and Anne Habakkuk. He was named "Hrothgar" after Hroðgar in ''Beow ...
was one of his students. One of Clapham's more notable quotations is: "Economic advance is not the same thing as human progress".
References
External links
Obituary Noticeby M. M. Postan, ''The Economic History Review'', Vol. 16, No. 1 (1946), pp. 56–59
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1873 births
1946 deaths
British historians
Economic historians
People educated at The Leys School
Alumni of King's College, Cambridge
Presidents of the British Academy
Fellows of the British Academy
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