Theodore Boggs fonds. 1912-1925.
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Boggs, Theodore Harding, 1882-1969.
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Theodore Boggs, who became the University of British Columbia's first economics professor and head of the Department of Economics, Sociology and Political Science from 1916 to 1930, was born in southern India where his parents served as missionaries. He was educated at Yale (M.A. 1906) and Acadia (Ph.D. 1908) before his UBC appointment. He moved to Stanford University in 1930 and remained there until his retirement in 1947. As a member of the Faculty of UBC, he is recognized as one of the pionee...
University of British Columbia. Department of Economics
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The UBC Department of Economics, Sociology, and Political Science was established in 1915 within the Faculty of Arts. At that time, however, there were no officers and staff in the department. Three courses in economics were offered by Mack Eastman, assistant professor of the Department of History. Theodore H. Boggs became the first professor of economics in 1917 and head of the department in 1920 when he was joined by Henry F. Angus. In 1931, Angus succeeded Boggs, and he served as head until 1...
