David Hutchison MacGregor (1877 – 8 May 1953) was a

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economist and Drummond Professor of Political Economy at the University of Oxford and Fellow of All Souls,

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, from 1921 to 1945.

Early life

He was born in

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in Angus, the third child of the Rev Robert MacGregor (1841-1915) minister of the

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, and his wife, Lillias Hannah Hutchison (1842-1920). MacGregor was educated at

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and graduated with first class honours in philosophy from the

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in 1898. He then studied for a further degree in economics at

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under

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; he gained a BA in 1901 and was elected President of the

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the following year. In 1904 he was elected a Fellow of Trinity.

Career

From 1908 to 1915, MacGregor was

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of Economic and Political Science at the

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. In the

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from 1915 to 1918, he served in the

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in France and Italy, and was awarded the

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for conspicuous gallantry. In 1919, he became the Stanley Jevons Professor of Political Economy at

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, and from 1921 to 1945 was Drummond Professor of Political Economy at Oxford.

Death

He was killed after being hit by a vehicle in

on 8 May 1953.

Works

*''Industrial Combinations'' (1906). *''The Evolution of Industry'' (1911). *''Enterprise Purpose and Profit: Essays on Industry'' (1934). *''Public Aspects of Finance'' (1939). *''Economic Thought and Policy'' (1949).

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:MacGregor, David Hutchison 1877 births 1953 deaths People educated at George Watson's College Scottish economists Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Presidents of the Cambridge Union Fellows of Trinity College, Cambridge Academics of the University of Leeds Academics of the University of Manchester Drummond Professors of Political Economy Fellows of All Souls College, Oxford People from Angus, Scotland