William Cunningham (economist)
Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Infobox person William Cunningham Template:Post-nominals (29 December 1849Template:Snd10 June 1919) was a Scottish economic historian and Anglican priest. He was a proponent of the historical method in economics and an opponent of free trade.
Early life and education
Cunningham was born in Edinburgh, Scotland,Template:Sfnm the third son of James Cunningham, Writer to the Signet. Educated at the Edinburgh Institution (taught by Robert McNair Ferguson, amongst others),Template:Sfn the Edinburgh Academy, the University of Edinburgh, and Trinity College, Cambridge, he graduated BA in 1873, having gained first-class honours in the Moral Science tripos.<ref name="Alumni database">Template:Acad</ref>Template:Sfn
Career
Cunningham took holy orders in 1873, later serving as chaplain of Trinity College, Cambridge, from 1880 to 1891.Template:Sfnm He was university lecturer in history from 1884 to 1891, in which year he was appointed Tooke Professor of Economy and Statistics at King's College, London, a post which he held until 1897.Template:Sfn He was lecturer in economic history at Harvard University (Template:Circa), and Hulsean Lecturer at Cambridge (1885).Template:Sfnm He became vicar of Great St Mary's, Cambridge, in 1887, and was a founding fellow of the British Academy.Template:Sfn In 1907 he was appointed Archdeacon of Ely.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
Cunningham's Growth of English Industry and Commerce During the Early and Middle Ages (1890; 4th ed., 1905) and Growth of English Industry and Commerce in Modern Times (1882; 3rd ed., 1903) were at the time among the standard works of reference on the industrial history of England.Template:Sfn
Cunningham's eminence as an economic historian gave special importance to his support of Joseph Chamberlain from 1903 onwards in criticizing the English free-trade policies and advocating tariff reform.
He was a critic of the nascent neoclassical economics, particularly as propounded by his colleague, Alfred Marshall, and the Cambridge school.
Cunningham has been described as "a champion of women's education in Cambridge."Template:Sfn He taught the British historian Annie Abram.
Cunningham died in 1919 in Cambridge, England.Template:Sfn
Works
- Growth of English Industry and Commerce in Modern Times: The Mercantile System (1882); Cambridge U. Press, revised 7th ed. (1907) on line, McMaster
- Politics and Economics: An Essay on the Nature of the Principles of Political Economy, Together with a Survey of Recent Legislation, London, Kegan, Paul, Trench & Co. (1885)
- Growth of English Industry and Commerce During the Early and Middle Ages (1890); Cambridge, 5th ed. (1910) on line, McMaster
- The Use and Abuse of Money, New York, Scribner's (1891); Kessinger, (2006) Template:ISBN
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- An Essay on Western Civilization in Its Economic Aspects (Ancient Times), Cambridge U. Press (1898)
- An Essay on Western Civilization in Its Economic Aspects (Mediaeval and Modern Times), Cambridge U. Press (1900)
- The Rise and Decline of the Free Trade Movement (1904);<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> Cosimo Template:ISBN
- Christianity and Politics, Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin (1915)
- The Story of Cambridgeshire (1920). Cambridge University Press (reissued by Cambridge University Press, 2009; Template:ISBN)
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