Vincent Bladen

Vincent Wheeler Bladen, OC (14 August 1900 – 26 November 1981) was a British-Canadian economist.

Vincent Bladen
Born
Vincent Wheeler Bladen

(1900-08-14)14 August 1900
Stoke-on-Trent, England
Died26 November 1981(1981-11-26) (aged 81)
Toronto, Ontario
Occupation(s)economist and academic
AwardsOrder of Canada

Upon completing his degree at Balliol College, Oxford, Bladen began teaching at University of Toronto in September 1921,[1][2] where he later served as a dean of the Faculty of Arts from 1959.[3] In 1960, he was appointed Chairman of the Royal Commission on the Automotive Industry which helped to create the Canadian-American Automotive Agreement. Bladen retired from teaching in 1969,[3] but continued to give lectures.[4]

Bladen was the founding editor of the Canadian Journal of Economics and Political Science.[2] Several editions of Bladen's An Introduction to Political Economy were published during his lifetime.[5][6][7] In 1962, he edited Canadian Population and Northern Colonization.[8][9] In 1974, Bladen's book From Adam Smith to Maynard Keynes : the heritage of political economy was published.[10] His memoirs, Bladen on Bladen, were published in 1978.[11]

In 1976, Bladen was made an Officer of the Order of Canada, Canada's highest civilian honor.[3] He was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws from Carleton University in 1966 and York University in 1975.

The Vincent W. Bladen Library at the University of Toronto Scarborough is named in his honour.

References
  1. Dales, John H. (May 1982). "In Memoriam: Vincent Wheeler Bladen, 1900-81". The Canadian Journal of Economics. 15 (2): 327–330. JSTOR 134784.
  2. Drummond, Ian M. (13 December 2013). "Vincent Wheeler Bladen". The Canadian Encyclopedia (online ed.). Historica Canada.
  3. "Fonds 1066 - Vincent Wheeler Bladen fonds". University of Toronto. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  4. Loek, Dick (1981). "At 81, Vincent Bladen, who taught for 60 years at the U of T, lectures now for taxi money at Scarborough College". Toronto Star. Toronto Public Library. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  5. Woolbert, Robert Gale (October 1942). "An Introduction to Political Economy By V. W. Bladen". Foreign Affairs (October 1942).
  6. Wootton, Barbara (December 1941). "An Introduction to Political Economy . By V. W. Bladen . 1941 . ( University of Toronto Press . 300 pp. $2.25.)". International Affairs Review Supplement. 19 (6–7). doi:10.2307/3025946. JSTOR 3025946.
  7. Spry, Irene M. (June 1957). "An Introduction to Political Economy by V. W. Bladen (review)". The Canadian Historical Review. 38 (2): 156–157. doi:10.3138/chr-038-04-br36.
  8. "Books and Publications Received". Population Studies. 16 (2): 203. 1962. doi:10.1080/00324728.1962.10414878.
  9. Martin, Yves (1963). "V. W. BLADEN, ed., Canadian Population and Northern Colonization -La population canadienne et la colonisation du Grand Nord". Recherches Sociographiques. 4 (1): 123–124. doi:10.7202/055175ar.
  10. McIvor, R. Craig (June 1976). "From Adam Smith to Maynard Keynes: The Heritage of Political Economy by V.W. Bladen (review)". The Canadian Historical Review. 57 (2).
  11. Ward, Norman (June 1980). "Bladen on Bladen: Memoirs of a Political Economist by Vincent Bladen (review)". The Canadian Historical Review. 61 (2).


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