Ephraim Lipson, or E. Lipson (September 1, 1888, Sheffield – April 22, 1960) was a British economic historian

Economic history

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The son of a Jewish furniture

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 dealer, Lipson attended Sheffield Royal Grammar School followed by Trinity College, Cambridge

Trinity College, Cambridge

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, where he graduated with a First class degree in History.

He taught at Oxford University (as private tutor

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, independent researcher) Cambridge University (1921–1931), Boston University

Boston University

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 (1932–1933), California University

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 (1933–).

Literary works

• editor of the "Economic History Review" (1921–1934) (with Richard Henry Tawney (1880–1962), Michael Moïssey Postan (1899–1981), H. J. Habbakuk
  John Habakkuk
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  , Economic History Society)
• The economic history of England, 3 Vols., 1915–1931
• Europe in the nineteenth century, 1916
• The history of the English woollen and worsted industries, 1921
• Increased production, 1921
• The inventions, 1934
• Europe, 1914–1939
• A planned economy and free enterprise, 1944

External links

• THE ECONOMIC HISTORY SOCIETY (DOC
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• http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cgi-bin/thesaurus/thes_search?keyword=Lipson%20%7C%20Ephraim%20%7C%201888-1960%20%7C%20economic%20historian&acc_type=2 (about publishings; English)
• http://agricola.nal.usda.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=Lipski+A.&SL=None&Search_Code=NAME_&CNT=25&BROWSE=1 (publishing catalogue search; English)
• http://146.155.39.20:8991/F/-/?func=find-b&find_code=SYS&adjacent=N&local_base=SIBUC&request=282086 (about publishings; Spanish)