Hutt, W.H. (William Harold), 1899-1988

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South African economist.

From the description of W. H. Hutt papers, 1925-1989. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122447909

Biographical Note

  • 1899 August 3: Born, London
  • 1917 - 1919 : Served, Royal Air Force
  • 1924: B. Com., London
  • 1924 - 1926 : Manager, Individualist Bookshop, Ltd.
  • 1927 - 1965 : Senior lecturer and professor, University of Cape Town, Republic of South Africa
  • 1930: Author, The Theory of Collective Bargaining (2nd edition, 1975)
  • 1931 - 1964 : Professor and dean, Faculty of Commerce, University of Cape Town
  • 1931: Served on the Executive Committee of Senate, University of Cape Town
  • 1936: Author, Economics and the Public
  • 1938: Elected honorary president, National Union of South African Students
  • 1939: Author, The Theory of Idle Resources (2nd edition, 1977)
  • 1943: Author, Plan for Reconstruction
  • 1947: Founding member of Mont Pelerin Society
  • circa 1950: Elected to a University Fellowship in recognition of outstanding scholarship
  • 1963: Author, Keynesianism--Retrospect and Prospect
  • 1964: Author, The Economics of the Colour Bar
  • 1965: Professor emeritus (retired)
  • 1966: Visiting professor, University of Virginia, Author, Neo-Keynesianism and Academic Freedom
  • 1966 - 1981 : Visiting professor of economics, University of Virginia, followed by appointments in other universities and colleges throughout the United States
  • 1969 - 1971 : Research fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, California
  • 1970 - 1971 : Distinguished visiting professor of economics, California state colleges
  • 1971: Author, Politically Impossible?
  • 1971 - 1977 : Distinguished professor, economics, University of Dallas, Texas
  • 1973: Author, The Strike-Threat System
  • 1975: Author, A Rehabilitation of Say's Law
  • 1976: Author, Individual Freedom: A Symposium of Articles, 1934-1975, selected and edited by David Klingaman and Pejivich
  • 1977: Awarded degree of Doctor of Laws (LLD) honoris causas, University of Cape Town
  • 1979: Awarded degree of Doctor of Social Science honoris causas, Universidad Francisco Marroquin, Guatemala City. Author, The Keynesian Episode
  • 1984: Awarded honorary degree of Doctor of Human Letters, University of Dallas. Named a Roe senior fellow of the Mont Pelerin Society
  • 1987: Adjunct scholar, Ludwig von Mises Institute, Auburn, Alabama
  • 1988 June 19: Died

From the guide to the W. H. (William Harold) Hutt Papers, 1925-1989, (Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace)

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creatorOf OAC Review Index. Alumni : Class Reunions 1899, 1900, '03, '05, '10, '11, '23, OAC Review, v.44, no.1, Sept. 1931, p.54-58. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
referencedIn PLANT, Sir Arnold, 1898-1978, Knight, Professor, economist, 1918-1972 British library of political and economic science
creatorOf Hutt, W. H. (William Harold), 1899-1988. W. H. Hutt papers, 1925-1989. Stanford University, Hoover Institution Library
creatorOf W. H. (William Harold) Hutt Papers, 1925-1989 Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace
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South Africa
South Africa
Subject
Economics
Free enterprise
Laissez-faire
Liberty
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Economists
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Birth 1899-08-03

Death 1988-06-19

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