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Henry Higgs, 1864-1940.

British economist and civil servant. 

Henry Higgs joined the civil service in 1881, and would remain there in various capacities until his retirement in 1921.  Along the way, Henry Higgs  University College London (UCL), under Herbert S. Foxwell,, obtaining his B.Litt. in 1890, and staying on as a fellow.  Henry Higgs is perhaps best known as a historian of economic thought, particularly on Cantillon and the Physiocrats.  Higgs was a founding official of the Royal Economic Society (f.1890) and assistant editor (to Edgeworth) of its Economic Journal from 1896 to 1905.  He also contributed numerous articles to Palgrave's Dictionary of Political Economy.

 

  

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Major Works of Henry Higgs

  • "Frederic Le Play", 1890, QJE (Jul) p.408-83 [js; js]
  • "Preface" 1892, to (French) reprint of Cantillon's Essai  [p.3]
  • "Richard Cantillon", 1891, EJ, p.262
  • "Cantillon's Place in Economics", 1892, QJE (Jul),  p.436-56 [js]
  • "The Life and Work of Richard Cantillon", 1932, in appendix to English (Higgs) translation of Cantillon's  Essai, [Lib]
  • The Physiocrats: Six lectures on the French économistes of the 18th Century, 1897 [bk],[McM, Russian transl].
  • The Financial System of the United Kingdom, 1914.[av]
  • A Primer of National Finance, 1919. [av]
  • National Economy: An Outline of Public Administration, 1917 [av]
  • Financial Reform, 1924.
  • Bibliography of Economics, 1751-1775, 1936 [prev]
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