Agent TypePersonActivities & OccupationsAcademics - EconomicsGenderMaleHistoryAlan Prest (1919-1984) was a distinguished economist and brother to Wilfred Prest. 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.
Dates
Date1919-1984
Names
Given NameAlanFamily NamePrest
Prest, Alan (1919-1984). University of Melbourne Archives, accessed 09/12/2025, https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/59847
