Charles Feinstein
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1932 – 2004
Who was Charles Feinstein?
Charles Hilliard Feinstein was a noted South African and British economic historian. He was born in Johannesburg, received his early education at Parktown Boys' High School and studied at Witwatersrand University and Cambridge where he completed his doctorate. In 1958, he joined the Department of Applied Economics at Cambridge. During this period, other notable economic historians such as Phyllis Deane and W. A. Cole were hard at work, extending data series on the UK economy back into previous centuries. In 1972, Feinstein published his magnum opus National Income, Expenditure and Output of the United Kingdom, 1855-1965 which has since come to be seen as the standard reference work on UK economic data for the period. The Times said of this book:
Although Feinstein undertook many more investigations, this was perhaps his crowning achievement. Of the several similar projects undertaken in different countries, for example the American, Canadian, Australian and German initiatives, it is fair to say that the one that Feinstein brought into being was the most elegantly reasoned, organised and presented. It was all the more remarkable for being the work largely of one man.
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- Born
- Mar 18, 1932
- Education
- University of the Witwatersrand
- Died
- Nov 27, 2004
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on July 23, 2013
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