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== Foundation of Department of Commerce ==
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A Lectureship in Accounting and Business Method was created in 1918 as part of the newly formed Department of [[Commerce]]. It was endowed by subscriptions from members of the Edinburgh and Leith Chambers of Commerce, from the Merchant Company of Edinburgh, the Leith Shipowners, the Accountants' Society, and the Bankers Institute. These bodies, and the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce in particular, had been instrumental in persuading the university to introduce a Degree in Commerce to meet the challenges facing the country at the conclusion of the [[First World War]]. In 1919, the Lectureship was raised to a Chair, with Thomas Patrick Laird as the first appointee.
  
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The seeds of the Department of [[Commerce]] were sown during the [[First World War]]. At the end of 1916, the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce approached the University with the proposal that a degree course be set up to meet the commercial challenges facing the country at war's end. They argued that 'a co-ordination of energy and intelligence' would be required to maintain Britain's position on the world stage. The suggestion was taken up and, a little over a year later, the [[Senatus Academicus]] passed Ordinance 22 instituting the Degree of Bachelor of Commerce, which came into operation in the academic year 1918-1919. Lectureships in Accounting and Business Method and [[Organisation of Industry]] were instituted in the [[Faculty of Arts]], endowed by subscriptions from members of the Edinburgh and Leith Chambers of Commerce, from the Merchant Company of Edinburgh, the Leith Shipowners, the Accountants' Society, and the Bankers Institute. These were made into Chairs in 1919 and 1925 respectively. The Chair of [[Political Economy]], instituted in 1871, was also incorporated into the new Department of Commerce.
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== Professors of Accounting and Business Method ==
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1919-1927: [[Thomas Patrick Laird (d. 1927)]]
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1927-1943: [[William Allan (1872-1952)]]
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1945-1957: [[Adam George Murray (d. 1966)]]
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1957-1967: [[David Steel Anderson (d. 1986)]]
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1967-1971: [[Edward Stamp (1928-1986)]]
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==

Revision as of 11:26, 19 May 2016

A Lectureship in Accounting and Business Method was created in 1918 as part of the newly formed Department of Commerce. It was endowed by subscriptions from members of the Edinburgh and Leith Chambers of Commerce, from the Merchant Company of Edinburgh, the Leith Shipowners, the Accountants' Society, and the Bankers Institute. These bodies, and the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce in particular, had been instrumental in persuading the university to introduce a Degree in Commerce to meet the challenges facing the country at the conclusion of the First World War. In 1919, the Lectureship was raised to a Chair, with Thomas Patrick Laird as the first appointee.

Professors of Accounting and Business Method

1919-1927: Thomas Patrick Laird (d. 1927) 1927-1943: William Allan (1872-1952) 1945-1957: Adam George Murray (d. 1966) 1957-1967: David Steel Anderson (d. 1986) 1967-1971: Edward Stamp (1928-1986)

Sources

  • Alexander Falconer Giles, 'The Faculty of Arts', in History of the University of Edinburgh 1883-1933, ed. A. Logan Turner (Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1933), pp. 164-238.
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