Sir Alexander Kirkland CairncrossKCMGFRSEFBA (11 February 1911 – 21 October 1998), known as Sir Alec Cairncross, was a British economist. He was the brother of the spy John Cairncross and father of journalist Frances Cairncross and public health engineer and epidemiologist Sandy Cairncross.
Cairncross was born in Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, the seventh of eight children of Alexander Kirkland Cairncross, an ironmonger.[1] He was educated at Lesmahagow Higher Grade School and Hamilton Academy, then won two scholarships to study economics at Glasgow University.[2] From there, he attained a further research studentship to study at Trinity College, Cambridge, and in 1935 was awarded the second PhD in economics bestowed by the university (the first, according to Cairncross himself, was given to Ronald Walker).[3]
The Scottish Economic Society instituted the Cairncross Prize in his memory.[4]
Family and deathedit
Cairncross married Mary Frances Glynn in 1943; the couple had five children: two daughters and three sons.[6][9] He died in Oxford on 21 October 1998.[10]
Publicationsedit
Introduction to Economics (1944, 1st ed.; 1973, 5th ed.)
Home and Foreign Investment, 1870-1913 (1953)
Monetary Policy in a Mixed Economy (1960)
Economic Development and the Atlantic Provinces (1961)
Years of Recovery: British Economic Policy 1945-51 (1985)
'Goodbye, Great Britain': The 1976 IMF Crisis (1992) (with Kathleen Burk)[11]
The Heath Government and the British Economy (chapter in "The Heath Government 1970 - 74 : A Reappraisal" , editors Stuart Ball and Anthony Selsdon) (1996)
Referencesedit
^Budd, Alan (23 October 1998). "Obituary". The Independent. London. from the original on 7 November 2012. Retrieved 15 May 2010.
^Andrew C. Scott (15 February 2020). At the Crossroads of Time: How a Small Scottish Village Changed History. Amberley Publishing. p. 162. ISBN978-1-4456-9833-5. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
^Alec Cairncross, Living with the Century (Fife: iynx, 1999), pp. 43-4. ISBN0953541304
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Sir Alexander Kirkland Cairncross KCMG FRSE FBA 11 February 1911 21 October 1998 known as Sir Alec Cairncross was a British economist He was the brother of the spy John Cairncross and father of journalist Frances Cairncross and public health engineer and epidemiologist Sandy Cairncross Contents 1 Life 2 Recognition 3 Family and death 4 Publications 5 References 6 External linksLife editCairncross was born in Lesmahagow Lanarkshire the seventh of eight children of Alexander Kirkland Cairncross an ironmonger 1 He was educated at Lesmahagow Higher Grade School and Hamilton Academy then won two scholarships to study economics at Glasgow University 2 From there he attained a further research studentship to study at Trinity College Cambridge and in 1935 was awarded the second PhD in economics bestowed by the university the first according to Cairncross himself was given to Ronald Walker 3 He became a lecturer in economics under the influence of John Maynard Keynes author of The General Theory of Employment Interest and Money and one of the leading lights of the 1944 Bretton Woods Conference which saw the founding of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund During World War II most of his work was in the Ministry of Aircraft Production where he rose to become Director of Programmes In 1946 he served briefly on the staff of The Economist and subsequently became adviser to the Board of Trade He was seconded to be the economic adviser to the Organisation for European Economic Co operation in Paris in 1949 and he left to become Professor of Applied Economics at his old university Glasgow in 1951 Cairncross was instrumental in founding the Scottish Economic Society and was in 1954 the first editor of its Scottish Journal of Political Economy 4 Cairncross served as an economic adviser to the UK government 1961 64 Head of the Government Economic Service 1964 69 and Master of St Peter s College Oxford 1969 78 Chancellor of the University of Glasgow 1972 96 and was an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh At Guildhall Swansea he gave the Presidential Address as President of the British Association for 1970 1971 5 Cairncross was made a Fellow of the British Academy in 1961 6 Cairncross also received an Honorary Doctorate from Heriot Watt University in 1969 and in 1992 was elected an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 7 In 1970 he was invited to deliver the MacMillan Memorial Lecture to the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland He chose the subject Economic Growth 8 Recognition editThe Scottish Economic Society instituted the Cairncross Prize in his memory 4 Family and death editCairncross married Mary Frances Glynn in 1943 the couple had five children two daughters and three sons 6 9 He died in Oxford on 21 October 1998 10 Publications editIntroduction to Economics 1944 1st ed 1973 5th ed Home and Foreign Investment 1870 1913 1953 Monetary Policy in a Mixed Economy 1960 Economic Development and the Atlantic Provinces 1961 Essays in Economic Management 1962 Control over Long Term Capital Movements 1973 Britain s Economics Prospects Reconsidered ed 1971 Years of Recovery British Economic Policy 1945 51 1985 Goodbye Great Britain The 1976 IMF Crisis 1992 with Kathleen Burk 11 The Heath Government and the British Economy chapter in The Heath Government 1970 74 A Reappraisal editors Stuart Ball and Anthony Selsdon 1996 References edit Budd Alan 23 October 1998 Obituary The Independent London Archived from the original on 7 November 2012 Retrieved 15 May 2010 Andrew C Scott 15 February 2020 At the Crossroads of Time How a Small Scottish Village Changed History Amberley Publishing p 162 ISBN 978 1 4456 9833 5 Retrieved 4 January 2021 Alec Cairncross Living with the Century Fife iynx 1999 pp 43 4 ISBN 0953541304 a b Sir Alexander Alec Kirkland Cairncross Gazetteer for Scotland Dixon Bernard 27 August 1971 Science Catching up on the 1971 annual meeting of the British Association The Spectator a b Who s Who 1974 London A amp C Black 1974 p 497 Heriot Watt University Edinburgh Honorary Graduates www1 hw ac uk Archived from the original on 18 April 2016 Retrieved 7 April 2016 Hugh Miller Macmillan Macmillan Memorial Lectures Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland Archived from the original on 4 October 2018 Retrieved 29 January 2019 Archived copy PDF Archived from the original PDF on 19 September 2015 Retrieved 1 July 2015 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link Sir Alec Cairncross The Economist 29 October 1998 ISSN 0013 0613 Retrieved 27 July 2021 Burk Kathleen Cairncross Alec 1992 Goodbye Great Britain The 1976 IMF Crisis Newhaven CT Yale University Press ISBN 0 300 05728 8 External links editBiography at World Bank archives Academic offices Preceded byLord Boyd Orr Chancellor of the University of Glasgow1972 to 1996 Succeeded bySir William Kerr Fraser Retrieved from https en wikipedia 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