Sir Theodore Emmanuel Gugenheim Gregory (10 September 1890 – 24 December 1970) was a British

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. Theodore Gregory was born in London on 10 September 1890. Gregory was educated at

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in Islington. He attended the

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. Gregory was an Assistant and Lecturer at the LSE between 1913 and 1919. Gregory was Cassel Reader in International Trade at the LSE in 1920. Gregory was Sir E. Cassel Professor of Economics in the

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between 1927 and 1937. He was Dean of the Faculty of Economics at London University between 1927 and 1930. Gregory was a Senator of London University between 1928 and 1930. Gregory was the Newmarch Lecturer at

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in 1929. Gregory was a member of the

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on Industry and Finance from 1929 to 1931. He was Economic Adviser for the Niemeyer Mission to Australia and

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in 1930. He was a member of the

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Banking Commission from 1934 to 1937. Gregory was Economic Adviser to the Government of

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from 1938 to 1946. Gregory was Chairman of the Food Grains Policy Committee (India) in 1943. Gregory was appointed an Honorary Fellow of the London School of Economics in 1958. He was appointed a Commander of the

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of Greece. He was appointed a Commander of the

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. Gregory was appointed President of Section F of the

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in 1930. Gregory died in Athens on 24 December 1970.

List of works

* ''Present Position of Banking in America'' (1925) * ''The Return to Gold'' (1925) * ''First Year of the Gold Standard'' (1926) * ''Foreign Exchange'' (1927) * ''Introduction to Tooke and Newmarch's History of Prices'' (1928) * ''The Practical Working of the Federal Reserve System in the US'' (1930) *
The Gold Standard and its Future
' (1932) * ''Gold, Unemployment, and Capitalism'' (1933) * ''The Westminster Bank Through a Century'' (1936) * ''India on the Eve of the Third Five-Year Plan'' (1960) * ''Ernst Oppenheimer and the Economic Development of Southern Africa'' (1962) * ''Select Statutes, Documents and Reports relating to British Banking'' (1964)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gregory, Theodore Emmanuel Gugenheim 1890 births 1970 deaths British economists Alumni of the London School of Economics Academics of the London School of Economics Recipients of the Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria Commanders of the Order of George I People educated at Dame Alice Owen's School Honorary Fellows of the London School of Economics Knights Bachelor People from Islington (district)

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