John Elliot Cairnes
1823–75
Irish political economist. Whately Professor of political economy, Trinity College, Dublin, 1856–61; professor of political economy and jurisprudence, Queen’s College, Galway, 1859; professor of political economy, University College, London, 1866. Published influential works in support of the Union in the American Civil War.
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DNB.
Bibliography
DNB: Dictionary of national biography. Edited by Leslie Stephen and Sidney Lee. 63 vols. and 2 supplements (6 vols.). London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1912. Dictionary of national biography 1912–90. Edited by H. W. C. Davis et al. 9 vols. London: Oxford University Press. 1927–96.
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