Ephraim Lipson

British economic historian

Ephraim Lipson, or E. Lipson (1 September 1888, in Sheffield – 22 April 1960) was a British economic historian.

The son of a Jewish furniture dealer, Lipson attended Sheffield Royal Grammar School followed by Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a First class degree in History.[1]

He taught at Oxford University (as private tutor, independent researcher) Cambridge University (1921–1931), Boston University (1932–1933), University of California (1933–).

## Literary works

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* editor of the "Economic History Review" (1921–1934) (with Richard Henry Tawney (1880–1962), Michael Moïssey Postan (1899–1981), H. J. Habbakuk, Economic History Society)
* The economic history of England, 3 Vols., 1915–1931
* Europe in the nineteenth century, 1916
* The history of the English woollen and worsted industries, 1921
* Increased production, 1921
* The inventions, 1934
* Europe, 1914–1939
* A planned economy and free enterprise, 1944

## References

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* Who was Who
* Encyclopaedia Judaica
* Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

1. ^ "Ephraim Lipson – I1804 – Individual Information – PhpGedView". Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2011.

## External links

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* THE ECONOMIC HISTORY SOCIETY (DOC; English)
* [1][permanent dead link] (about publishings; English)
* [2] (publishing catalogue search; English)
* [3] (about publishings; Spanish)

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