Mark Blaug
Mark Blaug FBA | |
|---|---|
| Born | Norbert Blauaug 3 April 1927 The Hague, Netherlands |
| Died | 18 November 2011 (aged 84) Peter Tavy, Devon, United Kingdom |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Columbia University |
| Influences | George Stigler |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Economist |
| Institutions | University of Buckingham |
| Awards | Fellow of the British Academy (FBA) |
Mark Blaug FBA (/blɔːɡ/;[1] 3 April 1927 – 18 November 2011) was a Dutch-born British economist (naturalised in 1982), who covered a broad range of topics during his long career.[2]
He was married to Ruth Towse.
Life and work
[edit | edit source]Blaug was born on 3 April 1927 in The Hague as Norbert Blauaug.[3] In 1955 Blaug received his PhD from Columbia University in New York under the supervision of George Stigler. Besides shorter periods in public service and in international organisations he has held academic appointments in – among others – Yale University, the University of London, the London School of Economics, the University of Exeter and the University of Buckingham. He was visiting professor in the Netherlands, University of Amsterdam and Erasmus University in Rotterdam, where he was also co-director of CHIMES (Center for History in Management and Economics).
Mark Blaug made far reaching contributions to a range of topics in economic thought throughout his career. Apart from valuable contributions to the economics of art and the economics of education, he is best known for his work in history of economic thought and the methodology of economics.
He died on 18 November 2011 in Peter Tavy, Devon.[4]
Honours
[edit | edit source]- In 1984 he was made a Foreign Member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW).[3]
- In 1988 he was made a Distinguished Fellow of the History of Economics Society.
- In 1989 he became an Elected Fellow of the British Academy.[4]
Selected publications
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Chapters in books
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Journal articles
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Anthologies
[edit | edit source]- 'Pioneers in Economics'. In 1991 and 1992 Blaug edited a series of fifty volumes, with reprints of journal articles on the history of economic thought, under the series title 'Pioneers in Economics'. The series was published by Edward Elgar Publishing.[6][7]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ A Conversation With Mark Blaug
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Further reading
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- Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics 6, 3, Winter 2013: Special Issue in Honor of Mark Blaug (complete PDF).
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External links
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- 1927 births
- 2011 deaths
- British economists
- 20th-century Dutch economists
- Cultural economists
- Historians of economic thought
- Writers from The Hague
- Columbia University alumni
- Academics of the London School of Economics
- Academics of the University of London
- Academics of the University of Buckingham
- Academic staff of Erasmus University Rotterdam
- Fellows of the British Academy
- Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Dutch emigrants to the United Kingdom