
William James Ashley
✶February 25, 1860
†July 23, 1927
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✶February 25, 1860
†July 23, 1927
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Sir William James Ashley was an English economic historian. His major intellectual influence was in organising economic history in Great Britain and introducing the ideas of the leading German economic historians, especially Gustav von Schmoller and the historical school of economic history. His chief work is The Economic Organisation of England, still a set text on many A-level and University syllabuses.
British economic historian (1860–1927)
Biography from the article William James Ashley on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.