Coleman, Donald Cuthbert, 1920-1995 (economic historian)

Person

Staff Only

Dates

Existence: 1920 - 1995

Biography

Served in the Royal Artillery in Africa, Italy and Greece during World War II, reaching the rank of major. He gained his first degree and Ph.D. at the London School of Economics and was appointed to a post there of Lecturer in Industrial History in 1951. He stayed at LSE as Reader and (1969-1971) Professor of Economic History, and then moved to the University of Cambridge as Professor of Economic History and Fellow of Pembroke College in 1971, taking early retirement in 1981 to concentrate on his scholarly work. He was editor of the Economic History Review 1967-72. He died in Cambridge on 3 September 1995.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Fonds

Donald Coleman: Dons - A Memoir of L. S. E. and Cambridge

Fonds

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9622

Dates: 1995

Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Found in: Cambridge University Library

File

Letters to Donald C. Coleman, 1953-1954

File

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9750/7-8

Scope and Contents

Comprises: letter from Kenneth Davies, historian, 14 Dec. 1953 and letter from John Ehrman, 3 Feb. 1954, both concerning Coleman's article on dockyards.

Dates: 1953-1954

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Found in: Cambridge University Library / Miscellaneous accessions

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