Charles Franklin Dunbar

Charles Franklin Dunbar (July 28, 1830– January 29, 1900) was an American economist. He held the first Chair of Political Economy at the Harvard University in 1871.[1][2]

For the diplomat, see Charles Franklin Dunbar (diplomat).

Charles Franklin Dunbar
Born(1830-07-28)July 28, 1830
Abington, Massachusetts
DiedJanuary 29, 1900(1900-01-29) (aged 69)
Cambridge, Massachusetts
EducationHarvard University
OccupationEconomist
Spouse
Julia Ruggles Copeland
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(m. 1853; died 1899)​
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Biography

Charles Franklin Dunbar was born in Abington, Massachusetts on July 28, 1830.[3][2] He graduated from Harvard University in 1851.[4] From 1885 to 1898 he served as a trustee and later as president of the Board of Trustees of Phillips Exeter Academy.

Upon the founding of the Quarterly Journal of Economics in 1886, he was appointed editor.[5]

He married Julia Ruggles Copeland on November 30, 1853. She died on November 29, 1899.[6]

Charles Franklin Dunbar died at his home in Cambridge on January 29, 1900.[6][7]

Dunbar Hall, a dormitory on that school's campus, was named after him in 1901, as was its replacement after it was destroyed by fire in 1907.[8]

Works
  • Economic Essays. New York: Macmillan. 1904.
  • The Theory And History Of Banking (3 ed.). New York & London: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1917 [1891].
  • Laws of the United States Relating to Currency, Finance and Banking, from 1789 to 1891. 1891.[9]

References
  1. Lamont, Thomas S.; Mason, Edward S. (August 1982). "The Harvard Department of Economics from the Beginning to World War II". The Quarterly Journal of Economics. 97 (3): 384. doi:10.2307/1885870. JSTOR 1885870.
  2. Laughlin, J. Laurence (1900). "Professor Dunbar". Journal of Political Economy. 8 (2): 234–238. doi:10.1086/250658. ISSN 0022-3808.
  3. Hall, Edward H. (June 1900). "Memoir of Charles Franklin Dunbar". Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society. XXXIV: 218. Retrieved March 22, 2023 – via Internet Archive.
  4. "Dunbar, Charles Franklin, 1830-1900, collector. Charles Franklin Dunbar autograph collection: Guide". Archived from the original on July 3, 2018. Retrieved December 23, 2017.
  5. "Charles Franklin Dunbar, Professor of Political Economy in Harvard University". The Quarterly Journal of Economics. 14 (2): 285–289. 1900. ISSN 0033-5533.
  6. Hall, Edward H. (June 1900). "Memoir of Charles Franklin Dunbar". Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society. XXXIV: 228. Retrieved March 22, 2023 – via Internet Archive.
  7. "Prof Charles F. Dunbar Dead". The Boston Globe. January 31, 1900. p. 2. Retrieved March 23, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. Williams, Myron R. (1957). The Story of Phillips Exeter. Phillips Exeter Academy. p. 92. Retrieved March 23, 2023 – via Internet Archive.
  9. R., J. H. (1891). "Review of Laws of the United States Relating to Currency, Finance and Banking, from 1789 to 1891". The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 2: 106–106. ISSN 0002-7162.
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