Research papers of Sir Henry Phelps Brown, covering wages and prices during his lifetime, and a further collection of papers relating to research and public work, including book reviews, an enquiry into the mobility of labour and a brief autobiography.
BROWN, Sir Ernest Henry Phelps-, 1906-1994, Knight, economist
Archive Collection
- For more information, email the repository
- Advice on accessing these materials
- Cite this description
- Bookmark:http://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/data/gb97-phelpsbrown
- This material is held at
- ReferenceGB 97 PHELPS BROWN
- Dates of Creation1950-1990
- Name of Creator
- Language of MaterialEnglish
- Physical Description105 boxes
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Sir Ernest Henry Phelps Brown, 1906-1994, was educated at Taunton School and Wadham College, Oxford. He was a Rockefeller Travelling Fellow in the USA, 1930-1931, a Fellow of New College Oxford, 1930-1947, Professor of Economics of Labour at the London School of Economics, 1947-1968, and a Fellow of Wadham College Oxford, 1969-1994. His main interests were economics and incomes, and he was a member of the Council on Prices, Productivity and Incomes, 1959, the National Economic Development Council, 1962, and the Royal Commission on Distribution of Income and Wealth, 1974-1978.
Arrangement
This collection is currently unlisted.
Access Information
CLOSED UNTIL LISTED
Other Finding Aids
Unlisted
Archivist's Note
Output from CAIRS using template 14 and checked by hand on May 29, 2002
Conditions Governing Use
COPYRIGHT IS HELD BY THE DONOR