Ephraim Lipson, or E. Lipson (1 September 1888, in Sheffield – 22 April 1960) was a British

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. The son of a Jewish

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dealer, Lipson attended Sheffield Royal Grammar School followed by

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, where he graduated with a First class degree in History. He taught at

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(as private

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, independent researcher)

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(1921–1931),

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(1932–1933),

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(1933–).

Literary works

* editor of the "''Economic History Review''" (1921–1934) (with Richard Henry Tawney (1880–1962), Michael Moïssey Postan (1899–1981), H. J. Habbakuk,

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) * ''The economic history of England'', 3 Vols., 1915–1931 * ''Europe in the nineteenth century'', 1916 * ''The history of the English woollen and worsted industries'', 1921 * ''Increased production'', 1921 * ''The inventions'', 1934 * ''Europe'', 1914–1939 * ''A planned economy and free enterprise'', 1944

References

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* Oxford

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(about publishings; Spanish) 1888 births 1960 deaths British economists British Jews British economic historians People educated at King Edward VII School, Sheffield Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge 20th-century British historians {{UK-historian-stub