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William Robert Scott

William Robert Scott was born in Northern Ireland. He earned his BA, MA, and DLitt from Trinity College in Dublin. He became a Research Fellow at the University of St Andrews, graduating DPhil in 1900, and was an assistant to the Professor of Moral Philosophy there from 1896-1901 and a lecturer in Political Economy from 1899. In 1915 he joined the faculty at the University of Glasgow as Adam Smith Professor of Political Economy, a position he held until his death in 1940. He was a prolific writer and an authority on the life and works of Adam Smith. He was President of the Royal Philosophical Society from 1931 to 1934 and of the Royal Economic Society from 1935-1937.

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British scholar

Born 1868
Died 1940

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  • Cover of: Francis Hutcheson: his life, teaching and position in the history of philosophy.
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    Cover of edition francishutcheson00scotrich First published in 1900 — 11 editions
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  • Cover of: The constitution and finance of English, Scottish and Irish joint-stock companies to 1720
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  • Cover of: Economic problems of peace after war: the W. Stanley Jevons lectures at University College, London, in 1917
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  • Cover of: Adam Smith as student and professor.
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    First published in 1937 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Francis Hutcheson: His Life, Teaching, and Position in the History of Philosophy

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  • Cover of: Credit, industry, and the war
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  • Cover of: Scottish economic literature to 1800: a list of authorities prepared for the committee

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  • Cover of: The adjustment of war expenditure between taxes and loans

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  • Cover of: constitution and finance of an English copper mining company in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries: being an account of "the Society of the Mines Royal"

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  • Cover of: constitution and finance of the Royal African Company of England from its foundation till 1720

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  • Cover of: Economic problems of peace after war: Second Series.
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  • Cover of: Report to the Board of agriculture for Scotland on home industries in the Highlands and islands

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British scholar

Born 1868
Died 1940

Subjects

World War, 1914-1918, Economic conditions, History, Economic aspects, Reconstruction (1914-1939), Ancient Philosophy, Colonial companies, Economic aspects of World War, 1914-1918, Finance, Industries, Stock companies, Taxation, Aspect économique, Bibliographies, Bibliography, Biography, Chartered companies, Commerce, Conditions économiques, Copper mines and mining, Corporation, Corporation law, Corporations, Cost of War, Economic history

Places

Great Britain, Scotland, Belfast, Dublin, Glasgow, West Africa

People

Adam Smith (1723-1790), Francis Hutcheson (1694-1746), Adam Smith, Alexander Wedderburn Rosslyn Earl of (1733-1805), Alfred Marshall (1842-1924,), Anthony Ashley Cooper Shaftesbury Earl of (1671-1713), David Hume, Gershom Carmichael, James Arbuckle, Joseph Shield Nicholson (1850-1927), Robert Molesworth Molesworth Viscount (1656-1725)

Time

1694-1746, 1918-, 1918-1973

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Alternative names

  • Scott, William Robert, 1868-1940
  • William R. Scott
  • Scott, W.R.
  • William Robert Scott British scholar
  • Scott, William Robert
  • Scott, W.R. (William Robert), 1868-
  • William J. Scott
  • W. R. Scott
  • ويليام روبيرت سكوت
  • Скотт, Уильям Роберт
  • William Robert 1868-1940 Scott

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March 30, 2025 Edited by bitnapper merge authors
September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
April 12, 2010 Edited by Open Library Bot Added photos to author pages.
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import