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'''Nicknames/Other names: Burton Seely Keirstead'''
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<li>Honourary Doctorate (1969) - Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB, Canada</li>
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'''Faculty:'''&nbsp;[http://unbhistory.lib.unb.ca/index.php?title=Faculty_of_Arts&action=edit&redlink=1 A]rts
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'''Department:'''&nbsp;[http://unbhistory.lib.unb.ca/index.php/Department_of_English E]conomics
'''Department:'''&nbsp;[http://unbhistory.lib.unb.ca/index.php/Department_of_English E][[Department_of_Economics|conomics]]


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Keirstead attended Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar.
Keirstead attended Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar.


Died on Saturday, May 5, 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." &nbsp;''The Brunswickan'''', Volume 68, Number 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><br/><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." &nbsp;''The Brunswickan''Volume 68, Number 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>


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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>
<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>


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Revision as of 13:43, 16 December 2014

Nicknames/Other names: Burton Seely Keirstead

Education:

  • Bachelor of Arts Degree (1928) - University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, Canada
  • Bachelor of Arts with honours () - Exetor College, Oxford
  • Honourary Doctorate (1969) - Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB, Canada

Dates Employed: 

Faculty: Arts

Department: Economics

Position(s) held:

  • Professor of Economics

Activities/Contributions: Keirstead was Dow professor of political economy and chairman of the department at McGill University, visiting professor in economics at the University of Arizona, and professor of political economy at the University of Toronto.

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.

Died on Saturday, 5 May 1973 at the age of 65.

Available from University Archives - "Prof. B. S. Keirstead."  The BrunswickanVolume 68, Number 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