Mathematician:Alexander Kirkland Cairncross

Mathematician

British economist.

Nationality

Scottish

History

• Born: 11 February 1911, Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire
• 1944: Took a leading role in the Bretton Woods Conference, at which the World Bank and International Monetary Fund were established
• 1946 Served briefly on the staff of The Economist
• 1949: Appointed economic adviser to the Organisation for European Economic Co-operation in Paris
• 1951: Became Professor of Applied Economics at Glasgow University
• 1954: First editor of the Scottish Journal of Political Economy
• 1961 - 64: Economic adviser to the UK government
• 1964 - 69: Head of the Government Economic Service
• 1969 - 78: Master of St Peter's College, Oxford
• 1970: Delivered the MacMillan Memorial Lecture to the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland
• 1972 - 96: Chancellor of the University of Glasgow
• Died: 21 October 1998

Publications

• 1955: Introduction to Economics, 2nd ed.

Also known as

Generally known as Alec Cairncross.