John Frederick Sleeman was born in Durham, England, on the 01 June 1915 . He studied at St Andrews University , and graduated in 1937 with a First Class MA Honours in Economics and Modern History. He then won the Ramsay Research Scholarship and spent two years at Manchester University in the Economics Research Section under Professor J Jewkes and D N Chester. He gained his MA with commendation in 1939 . He then served as an Instructor in the Army Educational Corps. In 1946, he was appointed Assistant in the Department of Political Economy at Glasgow University . In 1949 , he was promoted to Lecturer on Social Economics. He was made Senior Lecturer in c1977. Three years later in 1980 he retired. His publications include: British Public Utilities , (1953); Basic Economic Problems: A Christain Approach , (1954); The Welfare State: its Aims, Benefits and Costs , (1973); Economic Crisis: a Christain Perspective , (1976).
From the guide to the Papers of John Frederick Sleeman, b.1915, economist and lecturer in social economics, University of Glasgow, Scotland, 1949-1980, c.1955-1980, (Glasgow University Archives Service)
