The Bank of England: A History Volume I 1694-1797

The Bank of England: A History (1697-1914) #1

by John Harold Clapham

2 v.; plates; 24 cm.

305 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1944

About the author

Sir John Harold Clapham, CBE, FBA, was educated at The Leys School in Cambridge and King's College, Cambridge. From 1889 to 1902 he was a lecturer in History and Economics at Leeds University and was Professor of Economics there from 1902 to 1908. He was the first Professor of Economic History at Cambridge University from 1928 to 1938, and Vice-Provost of King's College, Cambridge from 1933 until 1943 when he received a knighthood.