Background
Sprague, Oliver Mitchell Wentworth was born on April 22, 1873 in Somerville, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William Wallace and Miriam (Wentworth) Sprague.
Sprague, Oliver Mitchell Wentworth was born on April 22, 1873 in Somerville, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William Wallace and Miriam (Wentworth) Sprague.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1894, Master of Arts, 1895, Doctor of Philosophy, 1897. Doctor of Letters, Columbia, 1938.
Instructor economics, Harvard, 1900-1904, assistant professor, 1904-1905. Professor economics, Imperial University of Tokyo, 1905-1908. Assistant professor banking and finance, Harvard, 1908-1913.
Edmund Cogswell Converse professor banking and finance, 1913-1941, now professor emeritus.
Economics advisory (under leave of absence) Bank of England, 1930-1933. Financial and executive assistant to secretary of the Treasury (United States) June-November 1933.
Resigned and returned to Harvard. Author: History of Crises Under the National Banking System, 1910.
Banking Reform in the United States, 1911.
Theory and History of Banking, 1929. Recovery and Common Sense, 1934. Home: 13 Follen Saint, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Married Fanny Knights Ide, June 21, 1905 (died August 4, 1942). Children: Katharine Ide, Theodore Wentworth.