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Harry Page
British accountant (1911–1985) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sir Harry Page (1911–1985) was a British accountant. He served as president of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) (1968) and city treasurer of Manchester City Council (1957–1971).
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He retired to the country in 1978 and died in his home in 1985.
Career
In 1973 Page was appointed chairman of a UK Government committee to review National Savings and Investments initiated by the then Labour chancellor, Denis Healey.[1]
He was a Simon Research Fellow at the University of Manchester and a consultant on local authority finance.[2]
Page compiled a collection of 276 bound albums and commonplace books dating between 1752 and 1935, emanating from families based in the North West of England.[3]
Now named the 'Sir Harry Page Collection of Victorian Scrapbooks, Albums and Commonplace Books', it was purchased by Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) in 1987.[4]
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Recognition
In 1968, CIPFA named an award in his honour – the Sir Harry Page Merit Award, presented annually since 1969.[5]
References
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