| Level | Collection |
| Ref_No | COLL MISC 0772 |
| Title | Bowley; Sir; Arthur Lyon (1869-1957); Knight; economist and statistician |
| Date | 1860-1961 |
| Description | This collection consists of lectures, papers and addresses, papers relating to wages and incomes and papers from committees on wages, prices and economics. Also papers from committees on national incomes, food prices and population estimates.
Box A
Papers, 1900-1937.
I. University Extension Lectures at Exeter and Plymouth, Feb-March 1900. Syllabus of six lectures 'Progress of the Working Classes in the 19th century'.
II. University Extension Lectures at Cambridge, Autumn 1900, 'A course on working class history'.
III. Paper on wages, 3 August 1900.
IV. Income and wages since 1860 published by the CUP, 1937. Working figures for estimates based on wage censuses.
Box B
I. Miscellaneous papers c. 1911-1913.
II. Official Statistics: correspondence etc. on need for improvement 1912-1921.
III. Miscellaneous papers and addresses 1920-1939.
IV. Miscellaneous papers and addresses 1898-1953.
V. Chadwick Lectures: 'The Growth of Suburban Population in England' 1921.
VI. Encyclopaedia Britannica articles 1902-1929 and notes for revision, 1944.
VII. Wage Index Number constructed for the London and Cambridge Economic Service 1924-1952.
Box C
Mainly printed final reports and/or memorandum sent to Ministry Committees 1918-1950.
Box D
I. Income Notes 1860-1932.
II. Population Estimates 1896-1961.
III. Royal Commission on Food Prices, 1924.
IV. National Income, 1924.V. Intermediate Incomes, 1924.
V. Intermediate Incomes, 1924.
VI. National Income, 1911. |
| Access Status | Open |
| Extent | 5 boxes |
| Admin History | Sir Arthur Lyon Bowley 1869-1957 Sir Arthur Bowley was educated at Christ's Hospital and Trinity College Cambridge. He started his career as an assistant master at St Johns school Leatherhead, 1893-1899, becoming a lecturer at the London School of Economics from 1895 and a mathematical lecturer at University College, Reading, 1900-1907. He stayed on at Reading to become Professor of Mathematics and Economics, 1907-1913, and lecturer in Economics, 1913-1919. He then moved to the University of London to become Professor of Statistics, 1919-1936, becoming Emeritus Professor in 1936. In 1940 he became acting director of the University of Oxford Institute of Statistics and stayed until 1944. Sir Arthur Bowley was also involved in the Royal Statistical Society, and was vice-president 1907-1909, 1912-1914 and president 1938-1940. He was equally involved in the Royal Economic Society, becoming vice-president. His publications include: "England's Foreign Trade in the 19th Century" (1893, 3rd ed. 1922) "Wages in the United Kingdom in the 19th Century" (1900) "Elements of Statistics" (1901, 6th ed. 1937) "National in Wealth and Trade" (1904) "An Elementary Manual of Statistics" (1910, 7th ed. 1951) "A General Course of Pure Mathematics" (1913) "Measurement of Social Phenomena" (1915) "War and External Trade" (1915) "The Division of the Product of Industry" (1919) "Changes in Distribution of Income" (1920) "Official Statistics" (1921) "The Course of Prices and Wages during the War" (1921) "Some Economic Consequences of the Great War" (1930) "Wages and Income in the United Kingdom since 1860" (1937) "The Third Winter of Unemployment" (1922) "Family Expenditure" (1935) "Studies in National Income, 1924-1938" (1942) |
| Arrangement | Listed by box. |
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