Stanley Raymond Dennison (15 June 1912 – 22 November 1992), an economist, was the third vice-chancellor of the

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. Dennison was born in

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and was educated at Tynemouth Municipal High School, Armstrong College,

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(then part of the

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) and subsequently

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. From 1935 to 1939 he lectured in economics at the

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, where he wrote the influential book ''The Location of Industry and the Depressed Areas'' (1939). In 1939 he was given a chair as professor of economics at

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, but shortly after, in 1940, he was appointed chief economic assistant at the

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. He later worked closely with Harold Wilson, both of whom were assistants to William Beveridge. This work earned Dennison his CBE. At the end of the

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he returned to Cambridge as a fellow of

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. Later he was a professor at

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and subsequently David Dale Professor of Economics and pro-vice-chancellor at the University of Newcastle. On the retirement of Sir Brynmor Jones in 1972, Dennison was appointed vice-chancellor of the

. Dennison's time at Hull saw a period of retrenchment following earlier expansion of the university. Within a straightened budget he nevertheless expanded subject coverage at the university. However, his relationship with student activists and some staff in a period of heightened political and social unrest on campus was notably abrasive. He never married, and retired in 1979 to his native

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. His academic work was characterised by a

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viewpoint. Oxford Dictionary of National Biograph

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Bibliography

*Bamford, T.W. (1978) ''The University of Hull: the First Fifty Years'', Published for the University of Hull by Oxford University Press. *Obituary - The Times (of London) 24 November 1992. {{DEFAULTSORT:Dennison, Stanley R 1912 births 1992 deaths People associated with the University of Hull Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge English economists People from North Shields