Ephraim Lipson’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro British historian
Was Historian 
Economist 
Economic historian 
Educator 
From United Kingdom 
Type Academia 
Finance 
Social science 
Gender male
Birth 1 September 1888, Sheffield
Death 22 April 1960, Metropolitan Borough of Lambeth
(aged 71 years)

Ephraim Lipson, or E. Lipson (1 September 1888, Sheffield – 22 April 1960) was a British economic historian.
The son of a Jewish furniture dealer, Lipson attended Sheffield Royal Grammar School followed by Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a First class degree in History.
He taught at Oxford University (as private tutor, independent researcher) Cambridge University (1921–1931), Boston University (1932–1933), University of California (1933–).

Literary works

  • editor of the “Economic History Review” (1921–1934) (with Richard Henry Tawney (1880–1962), Michael Moïssey Postan (1899–1981), H. J. Habbakuk, Economic History Society)
  • The economic history of England, 3 Vols., 1915–1931
  • Europe in the nineteenth century, 1916
  • The history of the English woollen and worsted industries, 1921
  • Increased production, 1921
  • The inventions, 1934
  • Europe, 1914–1939
  • A planned economy and free enterprise, 1944
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