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] Sir John Harold Clapham, Order of the British Empire, CBE, FBA (13 September 1873 – 29 March 1946) was a British economic historian. He was educated at The Leys School in Cambridge and
King's College, Cambridge King's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Formally The King's College of Our Lady and Saint Nicholas in Cambridge, the college lies beside the River Cam and faces out onto King's Parade in the centre of the cit ...
. From 1889 to 1902 he was a lecturer in History and Economics at
Leeds University , mottoeng = And knowledge will be increased , established = 1831 – Leeds School of Medicine1874 – Yorkshire College of Science1884 - Yorkshire College1887 – affiliated to the federal Victoria University1904 – University of Leeds , t ...
and was Professor of Economics there from 1902 to 1908. He was the first Professor of Economic History at
Cambridge University , mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge. , established = , other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...
from 1928 to 1938, and Vice-Provost of
King's College, Cambridge King's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Formally The King's College of Our Lady and Saint Nicholas in Cambridge, the college lies beside the River Cam and faces out onto King's Parade in the centre of the cit ...
from 1933 until 1943 when he received a
knighthood A knight is a person granted an honorary title of knighthood by a head of state (including the Pope) or representative for service to the monarch, the church or the country, especially in a military capacity. Knighthood finds origins in the ...
. Between 1926 and 1938 he published, in three volumes, ''An Economic History of Modern Britain''. He is also recognised for his study of the
Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution was the transition to new manufacturing processes in Great Britain, continental Europe, and the United States, that occurred during the period from around 1760 to about 1820–1840. This transition included going f ...
in England, and for describing cooperatives in the initiation of the revolution. He is also remembered for his 1944 ''The Bank of England, A History''. Welsh economic historian Sir John Habakkuk was one of his students. One of Clapham's more notable quotations is: "Economic advance is not the same thing as human progress".


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by M. M. Postan, ''The Economic History Review'', Vol. 16, No. 1 (1946), pp. 56–59 * * 1873 births 1946 deaths British historians Economic historians People educated at The Leys School Alumni of King's College, Cambridge Presidents of the British Academy Fellows of the British Academy {{UK-economist-stub