George Findlay Shirras, 1885-1955

George Findlay Shirras was born in Aberdeen on 16 Jul 1885 and graduated from the University of Aberdeen, MA 1907. He entered the Indian Educational Service as Professor of Economics at Dacca College in 1909, and in 1914 was made first Director of Statistics in the Indian Government. In 1921 he was appointed Director of the Labour Office in the Government of Bombay, and from 1926 - 1940 was Principal and Professor of Economics at Gujarat College, Bombay. He returned to Britain in 1940, where he became Dean of the Faculty of Economics at University College, Exeter. This was followed by a short period as Professor of Political Economy at Dublin University, 1950 - 1951, and 2 years in the USA, as visiting Professor of Economics at the University of Illinois and the University of Florida.

For further details of his career, and of his publications see Who Was Who, 1951 - 1960 . See also his obituary in Aberdeen University Review, 36 (1955 - 1956), 219.