The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Marshall, Alfred

MARSHALL, mär'shạl, Alfred, English economist: b. London, 26 July 1842. He was educated at Saint John's College, Cambridge, and in 1877 was principal of University College, Bristol. In 1883-84 he was lecturer at Balliol College, Oxford, from 1885-1908 he was professor of political economy at Cambridge University, and a member of the Royal Commission on Labor in 1891. He has published &lsquo;Economics of Industry&rsquo; (1879); &lsquo;Principles of Economics&rsquo;

(1890); &lsquo;Elements of Economics&rsquo; (1891); &lsquo;Fiscal Policy of International Trade&rsquo; (1903), etc.