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Black, Robert Denis Collison was born on June 11, 1922 in Dublin, Ireland. Son of William Robert and Rose Anna (Reid) Black.
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Black, Robert Denis Collison was born on June 11, 1922 in Dublin, Ireland. Son of William Robert and Rose Anna (Reid) Black.
Bachelor, Bachelor of Commerce, University Dublin, 1941. Doctor of Philosophy, University Dublin, 1943. Master of Arts, University Dublin, 1945.
Doctor of Science in Economics (honorary), Queen's University, Belfast, 1988.
Deputy for Professor, of Political Economics, Trinity College Dublin 1943-1945. Assistant Lecturer in Economics Queen's University Belfast 1945-1946, Lecturer 1946-1958, Senior Lecturer 1958-1961, Reader 1961-1962, Professor 1962-1985, Professor Emeritus since 1985, Pro-Vice-Chancellor 1971-1975. Rockefeller Post-doctoral Fellow, Princeton University 1950-1951.
Visiting Professor Yale University 1964-1965. Research Fellow, Japan Society for Promotion of Science 1980. Honorary Doctor of Science (Queen's University) 1988.
Honorary Fellow, Trinity College, Dublin 1982, Distinguished Fellow, History of Economics Society, United States of America 1987.
(Hailed by John Kenneth Galbraith almost a half century ag...)
(The bestselling classic that examines the history of econ...)
(Originally published in 1960, this book presents a discus...)
( Since the 1970s, Robert Barro's academic research has s...)
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Author: Economic Thought and the Irish Question, 1817-1870, 1960. Editor: Papers and Correspondence of W.S. Jevons, 7 vols., 1972-1981, Ideas in Economics, 1986.Contributor numerous articles to international economic journals.
These have largely developed from two lasting interests in (i) the relation between economic theories and policies and (ii) the relation between the lives of economists and their doctrines. Early studies dealt with the theories (mainly of value and distribution) developed by Irish economists during the classical period. Subsequently nineteenth-century Ireland provided the basis for a full-scale historical case study of theory-policy relations.
Many problems encountered during its preparation in tracing necessary manuscript and pamphlet sources stimulated work devoted to improving the bibliographical resources for the history of ideas and to preserving and making accessible the unpublished papers of leading economists. A major effort in this latter direction was the tracing and editing of the papers and correspondence of W. S. Jevons for the Royal Economic Society.
Member Northern Ireland Industrial Court, 1963-1972. Chairman Commission Inquiry into Wages in the Catering Industry, 1964, Commission Inquiry into Angling, 1979-1981. Fellow British Academy, Royal Irish Academy.
Member Royal Economic Society (London, executive council 1963-1981), Dublin Economic and Social Research Institute (executive council 1963-1985), Statistical and Social Inquiry Society Ireland (president 1983-1986, vice president since 1986).
Travel, music, classic cars.
Married Frances Mary Weatherup, August 29, 1953. Children: Rosemary Joy, Terence Robert William.