Arnold Plant

Sir Arnold Plant
Born 1898
Died 19 April 1978 (aged 7980)
Nationality British
Influences David Hume,[1] Edwin Cannan[1]

Sir Arnold Plant (1898 – 19 April 1978) was a British economist.[2]

Plant was born in Hoxton, London, the son of a municipal librarian.[1] After attending Strand School, he worked for a mechanical engineering organisation. At the advice of William Piercy, he set out to learn about management. He obtained a BCom degree (1922) and a BSc degree in Economics (1923; specialising in modern economic history) from the London School of Economics.[1]

He worked as a professor at the University of Cape Town (1923–1930) and at the London School of Economics (1930–1965).[2]


Plant's 1934 paper on patents, "The Economic Theory Concerning Patents for Inventions",[3] is considered a classic.

In 1947, he was knighted.[2] [4]

Published work (selection)

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Coase, Ronald H. (1995). "12: Arnold Plant". Essays on Economics and Economists. University of Chicago Press. pp. 176–184. ISBN 0-226-11102-4.
  2. 1 2 3 Yame, B. S. (1980). "Professor Sir Arnold Plant, 1898–1978". Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A (General). 143 (1): 92.
  3. Arnold Plant, "The Economic Theory Concerning Patents for Inventions", Economica: New Series, Vol. 1, No. 1 (Feb., 1934), pp. 30-51; reprinted in Arnold Plant, Selected Economic Essays and Addresses 35 (1974).
  4. Kitch, Edmund W. (October 1977). "The Nature and Function of the Patent System". Journal of Law and Economics. 20 (2): 265–290. doi:10.1086/466903.


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