Langford Lovell Price (1862–1950) was an

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, born in

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. He was educated at

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, became fellow and treasurer of Oriel in 1888, and was Newmarch lecturer in

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in 1895–96. In 1897 he was governor of

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and in 1898 was appointed an examiner in the "Moral Sciences

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" at Cambridge.

Writings

Price's writings include: * ''Industrial Peace'' (1897) * ''A Short History of Political Economy in England'' (1891; second edition, 1896) * ''Money and its Relation to Prices'' (1896; third edition, 1909) * ''Economic Science and Practice'' (1896) * ''A Short History of English Commerce and Industry'' (1900) * ''The Position and Prospects of the Study of Economic History'' (1908) * ''Co-operation and Co-partnership'' (1913)

References

* English economists 1862 births 1950 deaths Alumni of Trinity College, Oxford People from London {{UK-writer-stub