Richard K. Fleischman (1941 - 2020) was an American accounting scholar and Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the

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, known for his work on accounting history.

Life and work

Fleischman obtained his BA in history from

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, and then moved to the

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, where he obtained his MA, his PhD in history, and an MBA with an accounting emphasis.T. A. Lee, A. Bishop, R. H. Parker. ''Accounting History from the Renaissance to the Present: A Remembrance of Luca Pacioli.'' (2013) p. xx Fleischman started his academic career at the

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in 1969, and taught history until 1981. In 1983 he moved to the

, where he was Professor of Accounting until his retired in 2008. From 1986 to 1994 he chaired the Department of accountancy. The academy of Accounting Historians awarded him a Life Membership.Life Membership Award to Dr. Richard K. Fleischman
in: ''The Accounting Historians Notebook,'' April 2009. Fleischman's research interests are in the field of history and accounting, and particularly the "UK Industrial revolution cost accounting and US municipal accounting during the Progressive Era."

Selected publications

* Fleischman, Richard K. ''Conditions of life among the cotton workers of southeastern Lancashire, 1780-1850.'' Taylor & Francis, 1985. * Fleischman, Richard K., and Lee David Parker.'' What is Past is Prologue: Cost Accounting in the British Industrial Revolution 1760-1850.'' Garland Publishing Inc., 1997. * Fleischman, Richard K., Vaughan S. Radcliffe, and Paul A. Shoemaker, eds. ''Doing accounting history: Contributions to the development of accounting thought.'' Vol. 6. Elsevier, 2003. Articles, a selection: * Fleischman, Richard K., and Lee D. Parker. "Managerial accounting early in the British industrial revolution: The Carron Company, a case study." ''Accounting and Business Research'' 20.79 (1990): 211–221. * Fleischman, Richard K., and Lee D. Parker. "British entrepreneurs and pre–industrial revolution evidence of cost management." ''Accounting Review'' (1991): 361–375. * Fleischman, Richard K., and Thomas N. Tyson. "Cost accounting during the industrial revolution. the present state of historical knowledge1." ''The Economic History Review'' 46.3 (1993): 503–517. * Fleischman, Richard K., Keith W. Hoskin, and Richard H. Macve. "The Boulton & Watt case: the crux of alternative approaches to accounting history?." ''Accounting and Business Research'' 25.99 (1995): 162–176. * Fleischman, Richard K., Patti A. Mills, and Thomas N. Tyson. "A theoretical primer for evaluating and conducting historical research in accounting." ''Accounting History'' 1.1 (1996): 55–75.

References

External links

Vernon K. Zimmerman Papers, 1945-1996
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fleischman, Richard K. 1941 births Living people American accountants American business theorists Accounting academics Harvard College alumni University at Buffalo alumni University of Hawaiʻi faculty John Carroll University faculty