John Duignan (born 6 January 1946 – 22 March 2019) was a Scottish economist and writer. Duignan was born in

Barrhead Barrhead ( sco, Baurheid, gd, Ceann a' Bharra) is a town in East Renfrewshire, Scotland, southwest of Glasgow city centre on the edge of the Gleniffer Braes. At the 2011 census its population was 17,268. History Barrhead was formed when ...

, Scotland, in a family of eight children. He left school,

St Mirin's Academy St Mirin's Academy was a Catholic senior secondary school for boys founded in 1922 in Paisley, Scotland, and which closed in 1976. The school was dedicated to St Mirin, the patron saint of the town and of the Diocese of Paisley. The Academy's La ...

in Paisley, at age 15 and worked in a blacksmith's workshop, then served an

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. He worked in both the engineering and construction industries before going to university, where he read

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and

Economic History Economic history is the academic learning of economies or economic events of the past. Research is conducted using a combination of historical methods, statistical methods and the application of economic theory to historical situations and ins ...

. Prior to becoming a full-time writer, Duignan lectured in economics,

international business International business refers to the trade of goods, services, technology, capital and/or knowledge across national borders and at a global or transnational scale. It involves cross-border transactions of goods and services between two or more ...

, and

quantitative methods Quantitative research is a research strategy that focuses on quantifying the collection and analysis of data. It is formed from a deductive approach where emphasis is placed on the testing of theory, shaped by empiricist and positivist philosop ...

at the

University of the West of Scotland The University of the West of Scotland ( gd, Oilthigh na h-Alba an Iar), formerly the University of Paisley, is a public university with four campuses in south-western Scotland, in the towns of Paisley, Renfrewshire, Paisley, Blantyre, South Lanar ...

, where he specialised in undergraduate work placement and had been Associate Lecturer at the Surrey European Management School,

University of Surrey The University of Surrey is a public research university in Guildford, Surrey, England. The university received its royal charter in 1966, along with a number of other institutions following recommendations in the Robbins Report. The institut ...

and visiting lecturer at French business schools and universities, including

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, Toulon, Annecy and

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. Duignan had presented papers at conferences in the UK, US, Sweden and Australia. Duignan had one

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produced (co-written with Ian Donald Cochrane Hopkins), and had work performed on TV and Radio, including

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and

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. His works of fiction include ''Skelp the Aged'', co-written with Ian Donald Cochrane Hopkins, ''The Buick Stops Here'', co-written with Ian Donald Cochrane Hopkins, ''The Lambshank Redemption'', co-written with Ian Donald Cochrane Hopkins, and the Gerry Sweeney/Katherine Black trilogy ''Saving The Last Dance'', ''Katherine Black Doesn't Dance'' and ''Things To Do When The Music Stops''. Hopkins and Duignan began writing ''Skelp the Aged'' as a play, before deciding to make it a novel. The three novels in the trilogy by Hopkins and Duignan follow hapless anti-heroes Mungo and Ethel Laird, in and out of trouble - and jail - as they struggle to maintain a living as a bookies. His academic books include ''Quantitative Methods For Business Research Using Microsoft Excel'' in 2014 and ''A Dictionary of Business Research Methods'' in 2016. Duignan died on 22 March 2019.

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External links

A Dictionary of Business Research Methods
{{DEFAULTSORT:Duignan, Dr John 1946 births 2019 deaths Scottish economists Scottish comics writers Scottish novelists Scottish scholars and academics Academics of the University of the West of Scotland People from Barrhead