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Giblin, Lyndhurst Falkiner
Date of birth: 1872
Date of death: 1951
Biography: Born in Hobart in 1872, Giblin was educated at the Universities of London and Cambridge. His career included mining in Alaska, a year in the Solomon islands, fruit growing in Tasmania, and being a M.H.A. in Tasmania before serving in the A.I.F. during World War I. After working in his home state as Government Statistician he came to the University of Melbourne as Ritchie Professor of Economic Research in 1929. Here he remained until his resignation in 1940. In November 1939 he had become Chairman of the Commonwealth Financial and Economic Committee. While at the University, he had served as Acting Commonwealth Statistician 1931-1932 and on the Commonwealth Grants Commission 1933-1936. He was a Director of the Commonwealth Bank 1935- 1942. He died in 1951.
Activities/Occupation: Academics - Economics
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