Paul Homan
Paul Homan | |
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Born |
Paul Thomas Homan 1893 Indianola, Iowa, US |
Died | 1969 |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater |
Willamette College University of Oxford Brookings Institution |
Occupation | Economist |
Known for | Professor of economics at Cornell University, 1929-47 |
Spouse(s) |
Paul Thomas Homan (1893-1969) was an American economist, professor of economics at Cornell University from 1929 to 1947.
Early life
Homan was born in Indianola, Iowa.[1]
Homan earned bachelor's degrees from Willamette College, and with a Rhodes Scholarship, the University of Oxford, graduating in 1919.[1] He earned a PhD at the Brookings Institution in 1926.[1]
Career
Homan was instructor in economics at Washington University in St. Louis (1923-25), Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley (1926-27), Assistant Professor of Economics (1927-29) and Professor (1929-47) at Cornell University.[1]
From 1941 to 1952, he was managing editor of the American Economic Review.[1]
His papers are held at the University of Sussex, England, and were donated in 1969 by his wife, Matilda Etches Homan.[2]
Publications
- Contemporary economic thought (1928)[1]
Personal life
In 1950, he married British fashion designer Matilda Etches, her second marriage.[3]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Homan, Paul T. (Paul Thomas), 1893-1969 @ SNAC". snaccooperative.org. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
- ↑ "University of Sussex Library Special Collections: Paul Homan Papers". www.sussex.ac.uk. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
- ↑ "Unmaking Things 2013-14 - Matilda Etches: A re-discovery of a forgotten couturier". unmakingthings.rca.ac.uk. Retrieved 4 August 2018.