Professor Barry Supple FBA

Economic History (Economics)

Elected 1987

Fellow type: UK Emeritus Fellow
Year elected: 1987
Sections: Modern History from 1850

Barry Supple is Emeritus Professor of Economic History at the University of Cambridge. He was educated at Hackney Downs Grammar School, the London School of Economics, and the University of Cambridge. he held academic posts at the Harvard Business School (1955-60), McGill University (1960-62) and the Universities of Sussex (1962-78), Oxford (1978-81) and Cambridge (1981-93) He was elected to the Academy in 1987 and served as Foreign Secretary from 1995 to 1999. He was Director of the Leverhulme Trust (1993-2001), and Principal Consultant to the Lisbet Rausing Charitable Fund (2001-2007). He was Master of St Catharine's College Cambridge (1984-93). He was awarded a CBE in 1999. Research: early modern English commercial fluctuations, modern economic performance, economic policy, business history.

Current post

Professor Emeritus of Economic History, University of Cambridge

Past appointments

Unknown Unknown Director, Leverhulme Trust

1993 - 2001

University of Cambridge Professor of Economic History

1981 - 1993

University of Cambridge Professor Emeritus of Economic History, University of Cambridge

1981 -

University of Oxford Reader in Recent Social and Economic History

1978 - 1981

School for Global studies, University of Sussex Lecturer, Reader, Professor of Economics and Social History

1962 - 1978

Publications

Commercial crisis and change in England, 1600-1642. A study in the instability of a mercantile economy 1959

The Royal Exchange Assurance: a history of British insurance, 1720-1970 1970

The political economy of decline: Vol IV of the history of the British Coal Industry 1913-46. 1987

Doors Open 2008

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Professor Barry Supple FBA

Current post

Professor Emeritus of Economic History, University of Cambridge

Past appointments

Unknown Unknown Director, Leverhulme Trust

1993 - 2001

University of Cambridge Professor of Economic History

1981 - 1993

University of Cambridge Professor Emeritus of Economic History, University of Cambridge

1981 -

University of Oxford Reader in Recent Social and Economic History

1978 - 1981

School for Global studies, University of Sussex Lecturer, Reader, Professor of Economics and Social History

1962 - 1978

Publications

Commercial crisis and change in England, 1600-1642. A study in the instability of a mercantile economy 1959

The Royal Exchange Assurance: a history of British insurance, 1720-1970 1970

The political economy of decline: Vol IV of the history of the British Coal Industry 1913-46. 1987

Doors Open 2008

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor Nicola Miller FBA

Professor Sir David Cannadine FBA

Dr John Darwin FBA

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Professor Barry Supple FBA

Current post

Professor Emeritus of Economic History, University of Cambridge

Past appointments

Unknown Unknown Director, Leverhulme Trust

1993 - 2001

University of Cambridge Professor of Economic History

1981 - 1993

University of Cambridge Professor Emeritus of Economic History, University of Cambridge

1981 -

University of Oxford Reader in Recent Social and Economic History

1978 - 1981

School for Global studies, University of Sussex Lecturer, Reader, Professor of Economics and Social History

1962 - 1978

Publications

Commercial crisis and change in England, 1600-1642. A study in the instability of a mercantile economy 1959

The Royal Exchange Assurance: a history of British insurance, 1720-1970 1970

The political economy of decline: Vol IV of the history of the British Coal Industry 1913-46. 1987

Doors Open 2008

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor Nicola Miller FBA

Professor Sir David Cannadine FBA

Dr John Darwin FBA

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