Arnold Plant

Sir Arnold Plant (29 April 1898 – 19 April 1978) was a British economist.[2][3]

Sir Arnold Plant
Born29 April 1898
Hoxton, London, England
Died19 April 1978(1978-04-19) (aged 79)
Camden, London, England
NationalityBritish
Spouse(s)
Edith Render (m. 1925)
InfluencesDavid Hume,[1] Edwin Cannan[1]

Plant was born in Hoxton, London, the son of a municipal librarian, William Charles Plant, and Thomasine Emily Plant.[4][1] After attending Strand School, he worked for a mechanical engineering organisation. At the advice of William Piercy, he set out to learn about management. He obtained a BCom degree (1922) and a BSc degree in Economics (1923; specialising in modern economic history) from the London School of Economics.[1]

He worked as a professor at the University of Cape Town (1923–1930) and at the London School of Economics (1930–1965).[2]

Plant's 1934 paper on patents, "The Economic Theory Concerning Patents for Inventions",[5] is considered a classic.

In 1947, he was knighted.[2] [6] He died in 1978. His widow, Edith, Lady Plant, died a decade later.[7]

Published work (selection)
  • Plant, Arnold (February 1932). "Trends in Business Administration". Economica (35): 45–62.
  • Plant, Arnold (February 1934). "The Economic Theory Concerning Patents for Inventions". Economica. New Series. 1 (1): 30–51. doi:10.2307/2548573. JSTOR 2548573.
  • Plant, Arnold (May 1934). "The Economic Aspects of Copyright in Books". Economica. New Series. 1 (2): 167–195. doi:10.2307/2548748. JSTOR 2548748.
  • Plant, Arnold (May 1939). "An African Survey". Economica. New Series. 6 (22): 205–212. doi:10.2307/2548933. JSTOR 2548933.

References
  1. Coase, Ronald H. (1995). "12: Arnold Plant". Essays on Economics and Economists. University of Chicago Press. pp. 176–184. ISBN 0-226-11102-4.
  2. Yame, B. S. (1980). "Professor Sir Arnold Plant, 1898–1978". Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A (General). 143 (1): 92.
  3. "Obituary: Sir Arnold Plant – Services in the field of economics". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 21 April 1978. p. 20.
  4. 1911 England Census
  5. Arnold Plant, "The Economic Theory Concerning Patents for Inventions", Economica: New Series, Vol. 1, No. 1 (Feb., 1934), pp. 30-51; reprinted in Arnold Plant, Selected Economic Essays and Addresses 35 (1974).
  6. Kitch, Edmund W. (October 1977). "The Nature and Function of the Patent System". Journal of Law and Economics. 20 (2): 265–290. doi:10.1086/466903.
  7. "Deaths: Lady Plant". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 8 June 1988. p. 2.
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