Paul Thomas Homan (1893–1969) was an American economist. He was a professor of economics at Cornell University from 1929 to 1947.
Paul Homan | |
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| Born | Paul Thomas Homan 1893 Indianola, Iowa, U.S. |
| Died | 1969 (aged 75–76) |
| Alma mater | Willamette College University of Oxford Brookings Institution |
| Occupation | Economist |
| Known for | Professor of economics at Cornell University, 1929–1947 |
| Spouse | |
Early life
editHoman was born in Indianola, Iowa.[1]
Homan earned bachelor's degrees from Willamette College, and with a Rhodes Scholarship, the University of Oxford, graduating in 1919.[1] He earned a PhD at the Brookings Institution in 1926.[1]
Career
editHoman was instructor in economics at Washington University in St. Louis (1923–1925), Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley (1926–1927), Assistant Professor of Economics (1927–1929) and Professor (1929–1947) at Cornell University.[1]
From 1941 to 1952, he was managing editor of the American Economic Review.[1]
His papers are held at the University of Sussex, England, and were donated in 1969 by his wife, Matilda Etches Homan.[2]
Publications
edit- Contemporary economic thought (1928)[1]
Personal life
editIn 1950, he married British fashion designer Matilda Etches, her second marriage.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f "Homan, Paul T. (Paul Thomas), 1893-1969 @ SNAC". snaccooperative.org. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
- ^ "University of Sussex Library Special Collections: Paul Homan Papers". www.sussex.ac.uk. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
- ^ "Unmaking Things 2013-14 - Matilda Etches: A re-discovery of a forgotten couturier". unmakingthings.rca.ac.uk. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
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