Ephraim Lipson

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Name Ephraim Lipson

Died April 22, 1960, Lambeth, London, United Kingdom Education Trinity College, Cambridge Books The economic history of England

Ephraim Lipson, or E. Lipson (1 September 1888, Sheffield – 22 April 1960) was a British economic historian.

The son of a Jewish furniture dealer, Lipson attended Sheffield Royal Grammar School followed by Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a First class degree in History.

He taught at Oxford University (as private tutor, independent researcher) Cambridge University (1921–1931), Boston University (1932–1933), University of California (1933–).

Literary works

editor of the "Economic History Review" (1921–1934) (with Richard Henry Tawney (1880–1962), Michael Moïssey Postan (1899–1981), H. J. Habbakuk, Economic History Society)

The economic history of England, 3 Vols., 1915–1931

Europe in the nineteenth century, 1916

The history of the English woollen and worsted industries, 1921

Increased production, 1921

The inventions, 1934

Europe, 1914–1939

A planned economy and free enterprise, 1944

References

Ephraim Lipson Wikipedia

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