1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
ATKINSON, EDWARD (1827-1905), American economist, was born at Brookline, Massachusetts, on the icth of February 1827. For many years he was engaged in managing various business enterprises, and became, in 1877, president of the Boston Manufacturers' Mutual Fire Insurance Company, a post which he held till his death. He was a strong controversialist and a prolific writer on such economic subjects as banking, railways, cotton manufacture, the tariff and free trade, and the money question. He was appointed in 1887 a s…
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