Charles Franklin Dunbar

For the diplomat, see Charles Franklin Dunbar (diplomat).

Charles Franklin Dunbar (July 28, 1830– January 29, 1900) was an American economist.^[1] He held the first Chair of Political Economy at the Harvard University in 1871.^[2][3]

Charles Franklin Dunbar
Born	(1830-07-28)July 28, 1830 Abington, Massachusetts
Died	January 29, 1900(1900-01-29) (aged 69) Cambridge, Massachusetts
Education	Harvard University
Occupation	Economist
Spouse	Julia Ruggles Copeland ​ ​ (m. 1853; died 1899)​
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Biography

Economic Essays, title page (1904)

Charles Franklin Dunbar was born in Abington, Massachusetts on July 28, 1830.^[4][3] He graduated from Harvard University in 1851.^[5] From 1885 to 1898 he served as a trustee and later as president of the Board of Trustees of Phillips Exeter Academy.

Upon the founding of the Quarterly Journal of Economics in 1886, he was appointed editor.^[6]

He married Julia Ruggles Copeland on November 30, 1853. She died on November 29, 1899.^[7]

Charles Franklin Dunbar died at his home in Cambridge on January 29, 1900.^[7][8]

Dunbar Hall, a dormitory on that school's campus, was named after him in 1901, as was its replacement after it was destroyed by fire in 1907.^[9]

Works

• Economic Essays. New York: Macmillan. 1904.
• The Theory And History Of Banking (3 ed.). New York & London: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1917 [1891].
• Laws of the United States Relating to Currency, Finance and Banking, from 1789 to 1891. 1891.^[10]