Edwin Cannan

Edwin Cannan (3 February 1861, Funchal, Madeira – 8 April 1935, Bournemouth) was a British economist and historian of economic thought. He taught at the London School of Economics from 1895 to 1926.

Edwin Cannan
Edwin Cannan, c. 1920
Born(1861-02-03)3 February 1861
Funchal, Madeira
Died8 April 1935(1935-04-08) (aged 74)
Resting placeWolvercote Cemetery, Oxford
NationalityBritish
Spouse
Margaret Mary Cullen
(m. 1907)
ChildrenDavid Cannan
Parent(s)David Alexander Cannan (father)
Jane Dorothea Claude (mother)
RelativesCharles Cannan (brother);
May Wedderburn Cannan (niece)
Joanna Cannan (niece)
Gilbert Cannan
Academic career
InstitutionLondon School of Economics
FieldEconomics
Political Economy
History of Economic Thought
School or
tradition
classical liberalism
Alma materBalliol College, Oxford
Other notable studentsArnold Plant
Lionel Robbins
Theodore Gregory
William Harold Hutt
Frederic Benham
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