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

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)