Background
Saul was born 30 October 1924 in West Bromwich and had National Service in the British Army before studying at the University of Birmingham, where he obtained a B.Com in 1949 and Doctor of Philosophy in 1953.
Saul was born 30 October 1924 in West Bromwich and had National Service in the British Army before studying at the University of Birmingham, where he obtained a B.Com in 1949 and Doctor of Philosophy in 1953.
University of Birmingham.
His academic career began at the University of Liverpool and he was also a Rockefeller Foundation Scholar to the United States of America. Moving to the University of Edinburgh, he rose to become Professor of Economic History and head of the department of Economics, then Vice-Principal and Acting Principal of the University.