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Robinson, Edward Austin Gossage, Sir, 1897 - 1993 (Knight, economist)

 Person

Dates and places

b. 1897 Marlborough School, Christ's College, Cambridge

Sphere of activity

Economist

Relationships

Married Joan Violet Robinson (nee Maurice), 1926.

Other information

Fellow of Corpus Christi and Sidney Sussex Colleges, Cambridge (1923-); lecturer and professor of Economics, University of Cambridge (1929-65); joint editor of 'Economic Journal' (1944-70); government economic posts (1939-46).

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

 File

Correspondence with Richard F. Kahn, 1928 - 1946

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0272/JMK/L/K
Scope and Contents This file includes several letters exchanged with R.F. Kahn as well as the following enclosures: an article titled 'Kinetic theory of capital and interest' by Montgomery D. Anderson, 1933; 1 autograph letter, signed, from E.A.G. Robinson to J.M. Keynes, 4 October 1938; 1 autograph letter, signed, from J.T. Sheppard to J.M. Keynes, 8 August 1939; 1 carbon typed letter from R.F. Kahn to J.N. Rosa, 17 February 1942; correspondence between J.M. Keynes and D. Eccles, February-March 1943; 1 carbon...
Dates: 1928 - 1946
 Sub-Series

Discursive correspondence with colleagues and others after publication, 1936-03 - 1939

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0272/JMK/GTE/2
Scope and Contents

This sub-series covers debates with G. Haberler, R.F. Harrod, R.G. Hawtrey, H. Henderson, R.F. Kahn, S. Kuznets, A. Lerner, B. Ohlin, A.C. Pigou, D.H. Robertson, E.A.G. and J. Robinson.

Dates: 1936-03 - 1939
 File

Discursive correspondence with colleagues and others before publication, 1931 - 1936-02

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0272/JMK/GTE/1
Scope and Contents

This file covers debates with R.B. Bryce, A. Cairncross, R.F. Harrod, R.G. Hawtrey, R.F. Kahn, D.H. Robertson, E.A.G. and J. Robinson and G. Shove.

Dates: 1931 - 1936-02
 File

Papers concerning foreign exchange control, 1939-12 - 1940-06

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0272/JMK/W/3
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and related papers including a discussion with T. Balogh, R. Boothby, B. Bracken, H. Clay, R.F. Kahn, P.C. Loftus, F. Phillips, E.A.G. Robinson and J. Stamp; an autograph manuscript and typescript memoranda by J.M. Keynes on exchange policy and autograph manuscript notes for a talk on the rate of interest given by J.M. Keynes to the Parliamentary Monetary Committee, 20 March 1940.

Dates: 1939-12 - 1940-06