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		<title>Pbarnaby at 10:31, 25 May 2016</title>
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				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l1&quot; &gt;Line 1:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;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&amp;#039;s end. They argued that &amp;#039;a co-ordination of energy and intelligence&amp;#039; would be required to maintain Britain&amp;#039;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 and Commerce]] 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&amp;#039; Society, and the Bankers Institute. These were made into Chairs in 1919 and 1925 respectively&lt;del class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;. The Chair of [[Political Economy]], instituted in 1871, was also incorporated into the new Department of Commerce&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;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&amp;#039;s end. They argued that &amp;#039;a co-ordination of energy and intelligence&amp;#039; would be required to maintain Britain&amp;#039;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 and Commerce]] 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&amp;#039; Society, and the Bankers Institute. These were made into Chairs in 1919 and 1925 respectively.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>Pbarnaby at 09:59, 20 May 2016</title>
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				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l1&quot; &gt;Line 1:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;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&amp;#039;s end. They argued that &amp;#039;a co-ordination of energy and intelligence&amp;#039; would be required to maintain Britain&amp;#039;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&amp;#039; 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.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;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&amp;#039;s end. They argued that &amp;#039;a co-ordination of energy and intelligence&amp;#039; would be required to maintain Britain&amp;#039;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 &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;and Commerce&lt;/ins&gt;]] 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&amp;#039; 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.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;== Sources ==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;== Sources ==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>Pbarnaby at 10:06, 19 May 2016</title>
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				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l1&quot; &gt;Line 1:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;−&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;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&amp;#039;s end. They argued that &amp;#039;a co-ordination of energy and intelligence&amp;#039; would be required to maintain Britain&amp;#039;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&amp;#039; 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.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&#039;diff-marker&#039;&gt;+&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;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&amp;#039;s end. They argued that &amp;#039;a co-ordination of energy and intelligence&amp;#039; would be required to maintain Britain&amp;#039;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 &lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/ins&gt;Accounting and Business Method&lt;ins class=&quot;diffchange diffchange-inline&quot;&gt;]] &lt;/ins&gt;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&amp;#039; 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.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>Pbarnaby: Created page with &quot;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 prop...&quot;</title>
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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Created page with &amp;quot;The seeds of the Department of Commerce were sown during the &lt;a href=&quot;/index.php?title=First_World_War&quot; title=&quot;First World War&quot;&gt;First World War&lt;/a&gt;. At the end of 1916, the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce approached the University with the prop...&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;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&amp;#039;s end. They argued that &amp;#039;a co-ordination of energy and intelligence&amp;#039; would be required to maintain Britain&amp;#039;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&amp;#039; 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.&lt;br /&gt;
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*Alexander Falconer Giles, &amp;#039;The Faculty of Arts&amp;#039;, in &amp;#039;&amp;#039;History of the University of Edinburgh 1883-1933&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, ed. A. Logan Turner (Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1933), pp. 164-238.&lt;br /&gt;
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