Papers of Edith Olive Anthony Checkland, 1920-2004, Honorary Research Fellow, University of Glasgow, Scotland Early 20th Century

Checkland, Edith Olive Anthony (1920-2004: Honorary Research Fellow, University of Glasgow, Scotland)

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Edith Olive Anthony Checkland , born in June 1920 , was the only child of Robert Anthony, a naval petty officer, and Edith Philipson, who was the daughter of John Philipson, the High Chief Ruler of the Independent Order of the Rechabites. Olive went to Birmingham University to study geography in 1938 , and it was there that she met her future husband, Sydney Checkland . The pair were married in 1942 , and had five children. Sydney Checkland became the first Professor of Economic History at the U...

University of Glasgow (1451- : Glasgow, Scotland)

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These are Economic History lecture notes, possibly a lecturer's own notes. There are 6 notebooks within a slipcase. On the slipcase is written in pencil "Dr James Cunnison? Alec Macfie?" The identification of the author of these notes is not certain. There is one letter within volume 6 addressed to Dr Cunnison, but without a comparison of handwriting it has not possible to assign these notes to Dr Cunnison. References within the notes would indicate that they were written after 1924. ...

Checkland Sydney George 1916-1986 economic historian, University of Glasgow, Scotland

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