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Professor Patrick O'Brien FBA

Elected 1991

Fellow type: UK Fellow
Year elected: 1991
Sections: Economics and Economic History
Website: https://www.lse.ac.uk/Economic-History/People/Faculty-and-teachers/Professor-Patrick-OBrien

Current post

London School of Economics and Political Science Professor Emeritus of Global Economic History

Past appointments

London School of Economics and Political Science University of London Professor of Global Economic History

2009 - 2015

London School of Economics and Political Science University of London Centennial Professor of Economic History

1999 - 2009

Institute of Historical Research University of London Professor of Economic History, Director

1990 - 1998

University of Oxford Lecturer, Reader in Economic History

1970 - 1990

Publications

Urban Achievement in early Modern Europe: Golden Ages in Antwerp, Amsterdam and London

Published in 2000

The Costs and Benefits of European Imperialism

Published in 1998

The economic effects of the American civil war

Published in 1988

Two paths for the 20th century. Economic growth in Britain and France 1789-1914

Published in 1978

The revolution in Egypt's economic system

Published in 1966

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