Sir Edward Carter Kearsey Gonner

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(1862 - 1922) was an English

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, Professor of

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at the

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Early life

Gonner was born on 5 March 1862 in Mayfair, London, to Peter Kersey Gonner, a silk mercer, and Elizabeth Carter. He attended Merchant Taylors' School in London, before matriculating at

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in 1880, graduating B.A. in 1884.

Career

He was a lecturer for the London Extension Society, as well as for

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. In 1891 he was appointed professor at the University of Liverpool. His works on economics included ''Common Land and Inclosure'' (1912). He was made

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in 1918 and KBE in 1921.

References

1862 births 1922 deaths English economists Academics of the University of Liverpool Alumni of Lincoln College, Oxford Academics of University College Bristol Place of birth missing Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire {{England-economist-stub