William Cunningham (economist)

Cunningham was born in Edinburgh, Scotland,{{sfnm |1a1=Koot |1y=2004 |2a1=Scott |2y=1920 |2p=2}} the third son of James Cunningham, Writer to the Signet. Educated at the Edinburgh Institution (taught by Robert McNair Ferguson, amongst others),{{sfn|Scott|1920|p=2}} the Edinburgh Academy, the University of Edinburgh, and Trinity College, Cambridge, he graduated BA in 1873, having gained first-class honours in the Moral Science tripos.{{acad|id=CNNN869W|name=Cunningham, William}}{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=633}}

Cunningham took holy orders in 1873, later serving as chaplain of Trinity College, Cambridge, from 1880 to 1891.{{sfnm |1a1=Chisholm |1y=1911 |1p=633 |2a1=Koot |2y=2004}} He was university lecturer in history from 1884 to 1891, in which year he was appointed Tooke Professor of Economy and Statistics at King's College, London, a post which he held until 1897.{{sfn|Scott|1920|p=8}} He was lecturer in economic history at Harvard University ({{circa|1899}}), and Hulsean Lecturer at Cambridge (1885).{{sfnm |1a1=Koot |1y=2004 |2a1=Scott |2y=1920 |2pp=5, 7}} He became vicar of Great St Mary's, Cambridge, in 1887, and was a founding fellow of the British Academy.{{sfn|Koot|2004}} In 1907 he was appointed Archdeacon of Ely.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|pp=633–634}}{{sfn|Bentley|2005|p=185}}

Cunningham's Growth of English Industry and Commerce During the Early and Middle Ages (1890; 4th ed., 1905) and Growth of English Industry and Commerce in Modern Times (1882; 3rd ed., 1903) were at the time among the standard works of reference on the industrial history of England.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=634}}

Cunningham's eminence as an economic historian gave special importance to his support of Joseph Chamberlain from 1903 onwards in criticizing the English free-trade policies and advocating tariff reform.

He was a critic of the nascent neoclassical economics, particularly as propounded by his colleague, Alfred Marshall, and the Cambridge school.

Cunningham has been described as "a champion of women's education in Cambridge."{{sfn|Berg|1996|p=8}} He taught the British historian Annie Abram.

Cunningham died in 1919 in Cambridge, England.{{sfn|Koot|2004}}

• Growth of English Industry and Commerce in Modern Times: The Mercantile System (1882); [http://econpapers.repec.org/bookchap/hayhetboo/cunningham1911.htm Cambridge U. Press, revised 7th ed. (1907) on line, McMaster]
• Politics and Economics: An Essay on the Nature of the Principles of Political Economy, Together with a Survey of Recent Legislation, London, Kegan, Paul, Trench & Co. (1885)
• Growth of English Industry and Commerce During the Early and Middle Ages (1890); [http://econpapers.repec.org/bookchap/hayhetboo/cunningham1910a.htm Cambridge, 5th ed. (1910) on line, McMaster]
• [https://archive.org/details/useabuseofmoney00cunnuoft The Use and Abuse of Money, New York, Scribner's (1891)]; Kessinger, (2006) {{ISBN|1-4254-9423-4}}
• {{cite book

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|author=William Cunningham

|year=1897

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• An Essay on Western Civilization in Its Economic Aspects (Ancient Times), Cambridge U. Press (1898)
• [https://books.google.com/books?id=-QgZAAAAYAAJ An Essay on Western Civilization in Its Economic Aspects (Mediaeval and Modern Times)], Cambridge U. Press (1900)
• [https://books.google.com/books?id=q_cJAAAAIAAJ The Rise and Decline of the Free Trade Movement] (1904);{{cite journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WTPmAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA348|page=348|volume=23|title=Review of The Rise and Decline of the Free Trade Movement by W. Cunningham|journal=The Oxford Magazine|date=May 24, 1905|publisher=The Proprietors|access-date=23 March 2023|archive-date=28 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928194746/https://books.google.com/books?id=WTPmAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA348|url-status=live}} Cosimo {{ISBN|1-60520-115-4}}
• [https://books.google.com/books?id=CelBAAAAIAAJ Christianity and Politics], Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin (1915)
• The Story of Cambridgeshire (1920). Cambridge University Press (reissued by Cambridge University Press, 2009; {{ISBN|978-1-108-00341-4}})

• Compatriots Club
• National Party (UK, 1917)

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