Name Henry Hatfield | Role Author | |
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Died 1945, Berkeley, California, United States Books A Statement of Accounting Principles | ||
Henry Rand Hatfield ( Nov. 27, 1866 - Dec. 25, 1945) was an American accountant and prominent pioneer in accounting education, known as author of the 1909 "Modern accounting : its principles and some of its problems."
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Life and work
Born in Chicago to Robert M. and Elizabeth Ann Taft Hatfield, Hatfield obtained BA on the job at the Northwestern University in 1892, and his PhD in political economy at the University of Chicago in 1897.
Hatfield had started his career in the municipal bond field prior to his university studies. He started his academic career in 1894 as lecturer in political economics at the Washington University in St. Louis. After his graduation in 1898 he was employed by the University of Chicago as instructor, and promoted assistant Professor in 1902. From 1902 to 1904 he also served as dean of the College of Commerce and Administration. In 1904 he moved to the University of California, Berkeley as associate professor, and was Professor of accounting from 1909 until his death in 1945. He was Dean of the College of Commerce and Dean of the faculty for several years.
Hatfield became the 5th inductee into the Accounting Hall of Fame in 1961.
Selected publications
Articles, a selection