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2002.0039 [Papers of Wilfred Prest]
Date Range of Records: 1937-1985
Creator(s):
- Prest, Professor Wilfred [1907-1985]
Wilfred Prest inward correspondence from brother Alan, from York, Cambridge, London and other parts of the United Kingdom and the world, 1937-84 [gap October 1956-January 1973](several hundred items); Wilfred Prest miscellaneous inward correspondence 1943-82 [including Donald Cochrane and J O N Perkins] (nine items); miscellaneous press cuttings sent by Alan Prest (one envelope); obituary of Alan Prest, The Times, 2 January 1985 (photocopy).

Alan Prest (1919-1984) was also a distinguished economist. Alan was born in Yorkshire in 1919, he was educated there and at Cambridge, where he returned after war service. In 1964 he took a chair at Manchester, and from 1970 until his retirement in 1984 he was Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics. Wilfred and Alan Prest maintained a steady correspondence.
12 cm.
Collection Category: University, individuals
Access Conditions: Access: Restricted
Finding Aids: Yes listed ONLINE
Online ListingPrest, Wilfred 2002~0039
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