Dr Ian Forester Gibson, Department of Economics, Queen's College, Dundee

• Reference:GB 254 UR-SF 85
• Former Reference:GB 254 MS 15/256
• Dates of Creation:1955-1960
• Name of Creator:
  Ian Forester Gibson
• Physical Description:
  2 folders

• Scope and Content

  Correspondence and papers of Dr I. F. Gibson, Department of EconomicsQueen's College, Dundee relating to The Scottish Economic Society, Dundee Branch, of which he was secretary, 1955-1960. Relates mainly to arrangements for visiting speakers including many local and national businessmen and industrialists as well as several academics

• Administrative / Biographical History

  Ian Forester Gibson was educated at Glasgow High School, before enrolling at Dundee School of Economics and later the London School of Economics from where he obtained a PhD. In 1950, at the age of 26, he was appointed as a permanent lecturer at Dundee School of Economics, having previously been an assistant lecturer. He was the first student of the School to go on to be a lecturer in the same School. When the School became part of Queen's College, Dundee in 1955 he joined the College as a lecturer in economics, and left around 1960. At the 1950 general election he contested the Wimbledon constituency for the Liberal Party, coming third.

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• Note

  Ian Forester Gibson was educated at Glasgow High School, before enrolling at Dundee School of Economics and later the London School of Economics from where he obtained a PhD. In 1950, at the age of 26, he was appointed as a permanent lecturer at Dundee School of Economics, having previously been an assistant lecturer. He was the first student of the School to go on to be a lecturer in the same School. When the School became part of Queen's College, Dundee in 1955 he joined the College as a lecturer in economics, and left around 1960. At the 1950 general election he contested the Wimbledon constituency for the Liberal Party, coming third.

• Archivist's Note

  Description compiled by Kenneth Baxter, July 2018

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• Custodial History

  Originally part of MS 15

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• Additional Information

  Published

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  UR-SF 85