IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS 431
Held at: Senate House Library, University of London
Title: Fay, Professor Charles Ryle
Date(s): 1955
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 1 volume
Name of creator(s): Fay | Charles Ryle | 1884-1961 | economic historian
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Charles Ryle Fay was born on 13 January 1884. He received his education from King's College, Cambridge and the London School of Economics, where he was a research student from 1906 to 1908. In the First World War he served in The Buffs and Machine Gun Corp from 1915-1918, reaching the rank Lieutenant. His academic posts were Fellow and Lecturer of Christ's College, Cambridge 1908-1922; Senior Proctor of Cambridge University 1920-1921 and Professor of Economic History at the University of Toronto 1921-1930. Fay published widely on economic history. His publications included, The Corn Laws and Social England, 1932, English Economic History Since 1700, 1951 and his last published work, The World of Adam Smith, 1960. Fay died on 19 November 1961.
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A volume, 1955, containing extracts taken mostly from the business papers of Garteret Priaulx & Co. to illustrate the history of Guernsey from 1790 to 1815.
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Date(s) of descriptions: 1999-09-02 Simon McKeon, 2000-05-25 Sarah Smith