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GIFFEN, SIR ROBERT (18371910)

This article appears in Volume V12, Page 4 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: GEO-GNU
GIFFEN, SIR ROBERT (18371910) , British statistician and economist, was born at Strathaven,
Lanarkshire
 . He entered a solicitor's office in Glasgow, and while in that city attended courses at the university. He drifted into journalism, and after working for the Stifling Journal he went to London in 1862 and joined the staff of the Globe. He also assisted Mr John (afterwards Lord) Morley, when the latter edited the Fortnightly
Review
 . In 1868 he became Walter Bagehot's assistant-editor on the Economist; and his services were also secured in 1873 as city-editor of the Daily News, and later of The Times. His high reputation as a
financial
  journalist and statistician, gained in these years; led to his appointment in 1876 as head of the statistical department in the Board of
Trade
 , and subsequently he became assistant secretary (1882) and finally controller-general (1892), retiring in 1897. In connexion with his position as
chief
  statistical adviser to the government, he was constantly employed in drawing up reports, giving evidence before commissions of inquiry, and acting as a government auditor, besides publishing a number of important essays on
financial
  subjects. His
principal
  publications were Essays on Finance (1879 and 1884), The Progress of the Working Classes (1884), The Growth of
Capital
  (189o), The Case against Bimetallism (1892), and Economic Inquiries and Studies (1904). He was president of the Statistical Society (18821884); and after being made a C.B. in 1891 was created K.C.B. in 1895. In 1892 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. Sir Robert Giffen continued in later years to take a leading part in all public controversies connected with finance and
taxation
 , and his high authority and
practical
  experience were universally recognized. He died somewhat suddenly in
Scotland
  on the 12th of April 1910.


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