Name Phyllis Deane | Died July 28, 2012, Cambridge | |
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Books The first industrial revolution, The evolution of economic, Colonial social accounting, British economic growth - 1, The state and the economic | ||
Funeral Mass for Phyllis Deane
Phyllis Mary Deane FBA (13 October 1918 – 28 July 2012) was a British economic historian and a historian of economic thought.
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- Funeral Mass for Phyllis Deane
- Career
- Work
- Highest level elected and appointed academic posts
- Key works
- References
Career
Deane worked at the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) between 1941 and 1948. She left there to join the Colonial Office. She left there for Cambridge where she taught and researched since 1950 and was an emeritus professor of economic history until her death in 2012. She was 93 years old.
Work
Her first book was in 1952 on Colonial Social Accounting. Her other noted works include British Economic Growth 1688–1959 (with W.A. Cole).
Highest-level elected and appointed academic posts
She was president of the Royal Economic Society from 1980–82 and was a Fellow of the British Academy.
Key works
References
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