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'''Dates Employed:''' | '''Dates Employed:''' 1931-1942 | ||
'''Faculty:''' Arts | '''Faculty:''' Arts | ||
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'''Activities/Contributions:''' Keirstead was Dow professor of political economy and chairman of the department at McGill University | '''Activities/Contributions:''' Keirstead was visiting professor in economics at the University of Arizona (1938), Dow professor of political economy and chairman of the department at McGill University (1942-1954), and professor of political economy at the University of Toronto (1954-1969). He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in May 1944 and was granted the Nuffield Foundation Fellowship in 1950. | ||
'''Notes:''' Acclaimed as one of Canada's leading economists and was a member of the board of editors of the Canadian Journal of Economics and Political Science and the Royal Economics Society and Political Science Association. | '''Notes:''' Acclaimed as one of Canada's leading economists and was a member of the board of editors of the Canadian Journal of Economics and Political Science and the Royal Economics Society and Political Science Association. | ||
Keirstead attended Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar. | Keirstead attended Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar (1928 - 1931). | ||
Died on Saturday, 5 May 1973 at the age of 65. | Died on Saturday, 5 May 1973 at the age of 65. | ||
Available from University Archives - "Prof. B. S. Keirstead." ''The Brunswickan'' vol. 68 no. 23<br/><span style="color: rgb(55, 56, 56); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; line-height: normal; text-align: -webkit-center">Record group/Fonds UA RG 63; Series 1; Sub-series 1; Item 17, Box 1</span> <span style="color: rgb(55, 56, 56); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; line-height: normal; text-align: -webkit-center">13 May 1949</span> | Available from University Archives - "Prof. B. S. Keirstead." ''The Brunswickan'' vol. 68 no. 23<br/><span style="color: rgb(55, 56, 56); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; line-height: normal; text-align: -webkit-center">Record group/Fonds UA RG 63; Series 1; Sub-series 1; Item 17, Box 1</span>, <span style="color: rgb(55, 56, 56); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; line-height: normal; text-align: -webkit-center">13 May 1949</span> | ||
'''Sources:''' | '''Sources:''' | ||
*UA Case 77 - Keirstead, Burton Seely | *UA Case 77 - Keirstead, Burton Seely | ||
*<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 19px">Montague, Susan. ''A Pictoral History of the University of New Brunswick''. University of New Brunswick, 1992 | *<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 19px">Montague, Susan. ''A Pictoral History of the University of New Brunswick''. University of New Brunswick, 1992.</span> | ||
'''© UNB Archives & Special Collections, 2014''' | '''© UNB Archives & Special Collections, 2014''' | ||
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Revision as of 10:37, 4 July 2016
Nicknames/Other names:
Education:
- Bachelor of Arts with honours (1928) - University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, Canada
- Bachelor of Arts with honours (1931) - Exeter College, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
- LL.D. (1949) - University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, Canada
- Honorary Doctorate (1969) - Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB, Canada
Dates Employed: 1931-1942
Faculty: Arts
Department: Economics
Position(s) held:
- Professor of Economics
Activities/Contributions: Keirstead was visiting professor in economics at the University of Arizona (1938), Dow professor of political economy and chairman of the department at McGill University (1942-1954), and professor of political economy at the University of Toronto (1954-1969). He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in May 1944 and was granted the Nuffield Foundation Fellowship in 1950.
Notes: Acclaimed as one of Canada's leading economists and was a member of the board of editors of the Canadian Journal of Economics and Political Science and the Royal Economics Society and Political Science Association.
Keirstead attended Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar (1928 - 1931).
Died on Saturday, 5 May 1973 at the age of 65.
Available from University Archives - "Prof. B. S. Keirstead." The Brunswickan vol. 68 no. 23
Record group/Fonds UA RG 63; Series 1; Sub-series 1; Item 17, Box 1, 13 May 1949
Sources:
- UA Case 77 - Keirstead, Burton Seely
- Montague, Susan. A Pictoral History of the University of New Brunswick. University of New Brunswick, 1992.
© UNB Archives & Special Collections, 2014