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Theodore Gregory

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{{Short description|British economist (1890–1970)}}

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| birth_place = London, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1970|12|24|1890|9|10|df=y}}

| death_place = Athens, Greece

| nationality = British

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| field = Economics, Political Economy, History of Economic Thought

| alma_mater = London School of Economics

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Sir Theodore Emmanuel Gugenheim Gregory (10 September 1890 – 24 December 1970) was a British economist.{{cite journal |title= Sir Theodore Gregory |journal= The Times |date= January 19, 1971 |page = 14}}; {{cite journal |last= Robbins |first= Lionel |author-link = Lionel Robbins |title= Sir T. Gregory: Gifted teacher in economics |journal= The Times |date= February 3, 1971 |page = 14}}{{cite book |title= Who's Who in Economics: A Biographical Dictionary of Major Economists 1700-1986 |chapter= GREGORY, Theodore Emanuel Gugenheim |editor= Blaug, Mark |editor-link= Mark Blaug |edition= 2nd |place= |year= 1986 |publisher= Wheatsheaf Books Limited |url=https://archive.org/details/whoswhoineconomi0000unse_e8w6/page/n5/mode/2up |url-access= registration |page= [https://archive.org/details/whoswhoineconomi0000unse_e8w6/page/341/mode/2up?view=theater 341] |via= Internet Archive}}

Biography

Theodore Gregory was born in London on 10 September 1890.{{cite web|url=http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199754717.013.0227|title=Gregory, Theodore Emanuel Gugenheim (1890–1970)|work=oup.com}} Gregory was educated at Dame Alice Owen's School in Islington. He attended the London School of Economics and Political Science. 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 University of London between 1927 and 1937.{{cite book |last= Hayek |first= F.A. |author-link= F. A. Hayek |chapter= The Transmission of the Ideals of Economic Freedom |title= Studies in Philosophy, Politics and Economics |place= London |publisher= Routledge & Kegan Paul |year=1967 |url= https://archive.org/details/studiesinphiloso0000haye_o2x8/page/n5/mode/2up?view=theater |url-access= registration |page= [https://archive.org/details/studiesinphiloso0000haye_o2x8/page/196/mode/2up?view=theater 196] |via= Internet Archive}} 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 University College London in 1929.{{cite web|url=http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb97-collmisc0460|title=Gregory Sir Theodore Emmanuel Gugenheim 1890–1970 Kt Professor of Economics|work=archiveshub.ac.uk}}

Gregory was a member of the Macmillan Committee on Industry and Finance from 1929 to 1931. He was Economic Adviser for the Niemeyer Mission to Australia and New Zealand in 1930. He was a member of the Irish Free State Banking Commission from 1934 to 1937. Gregory was Economic Adviser to the Government of India 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 Order of George I of Greece. He was appointed a Commander of the Austrian Order of Merit. Gregory was appointed President of Section F of the British Association in 1930.

Gregory died in Athens on 24 December 1970.{{cite web|url=http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095907175|title=Theodore Emanuel Gugenheim Gregory|work=oup.com}}

List of works

  • {{cite book |title= Tariffs: A Study in Method |year= 1921 |url= https://archive.org/details/tariffsstudyinme00greguoft/page/n5/mode/2up?view=theater |place = |publisher= Charles Griffin and Company, Ltd. |via= Internet Archive}}
  • {{cite book |title= Foreign Exchange: Before, During, and After the War |place= London, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Copenhagen etc. |publisher= Humphrey Milford (Oxford University Press) |year= 1922 |url= https://archive.org/details/foreignexchangeb0000greg/page/n5/mode/2up?view=theater|via= Internet Archive}}
  • Present Position of Banking in America (1925)
  • The Return to Gold (1925)
  • First Year of the Gold Standard (1926)
  • {{cite book |title =Introduction to Tooke and Newmarch's History of Prices and of the State of Circulation from 1792 to 1856 |year= 1928 |place= London |publisher= P. S. King & Son |url= https://archive.org/details/introductiontoto0000greg/page/n7/mode/2up?view=theater |url-access = registration |via = Internet Archive}}
  • The Practical Working of the Federal Reserve System in the US (1930)
  • {{cite book |title= The Gold Standard and Its Future |year= 1934 |edition=3rd |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.86173/page/n7/mode/2up?view=theater |place= London |publisher= Methuen & Co. Ltd.| via= Internet Archive}};{{cite journal |author= Mises, L.v. |author-link=Ludwig von Mises |title= Book Review: The Gold Standard and Its Future by T.E. Gregory. Third Edition enlarged and revised. Methuen & Co. Ltd. London, 1934. pp. 184. 6s. |journal= Economica |volume= 2 |issue= 6 |pages= 229–232 |doi=10.2307/2548683 |jstor=2548683 }} [https://mises.org/library/gold-standard-and-its-future via Mises.org]
  • {{cite book |title= Gold, Unemployment and Capitalism |year= 1933 |place= London |publisher= P. S. King & Son, Ltd. |url= |url-access= |via= Internet Archive}}{{cite journal |author= Cannan, Edwin |author-link= Edwin Cannan|title= Book Review: "Gold, Unemployment and Capitalism by T.E. Gregory (London: P.S. King & Son. 1933. Pp. xvi + 308. 12s.) |journal= The Economic Journal |date= March 1934 |pages= 102–104 |volume= 44 |jstor= 2224731 |issue= 173|doi= 10.2307/2224731}}{{cite journal |author= Rist, Charles |author-link= Charles Rist|title= Book Review: "Gold, Unemployment and Capitalism by T.E. Gregory (London: P.S. King & Son. 1933. Pp. xvi + 308. 12s.) |journal= Economica |date= August 1935 |pages= 327–331 |volume= 2 |issue=7 |jstor= 2548611 |doi= 10.2307/2548611 }}
  • 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)
  • {{cite book |title= Select Statutes, Documents and Reports relating to British Banking |place= London |publisher= Frank Cass and Co. Ltd. |year= 1964 |url= https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.149810/page/n1/mode/2up |via= Internet Archive}} - the book was first published by Oxford University Press in 1922.

Further reading

'Gregory, Theodore Emanuel Gugenheim (1890–1970)'

by Neil Skaggs

in The Biographical Dictionary of British Economists

Published by Continuum

Published in print January 2004 |

Published online January 2010 | e-{{ISBN|9780199754717}}

References

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External links

  • {{cite book |author= |chapter = GREGORY, Theodor Emanuel Gugenheim |title= Who's Who, 1932: An Annual Biographical Dictionary with which is Incorporated "Men and Women of The Time" |place= London and New York |publisher= A & C Black Limited and The Macmillan Company |year= 1932 |url=https://archive.org/details/whoswho1932annua00lond/page/n9/mode/2up?view=theater |volume= 84 |url-access= registration |page= [https://archive.org/details/whoswho1932annua00lond/page/1314/mode/2up?view=theater 1314] |via= Internet Archive}}
  • {{cite web |author= Biggs, Robert |title= Theodore Gregory and early Economics at LSE |publisher= London School of Economics (LSE) |date= 18 July 2018 |url= https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsehistory/2018/07/11/theodore-gregory-at-lse/ |accessdate= 8 October 2023}}
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