IdentifierUMA-ACE-20020039Extentnot specifiedLinear Meterage0.12Scope and ContentWilfred Prest inward correspondence from brother Alan, from York, Cambridge, London and other parts of the United Kingdom and the world, 1937-84 [gap October 1956-January 1973](several hundred items); Wilfred Prest miscellaneous inward correspondence 1943-82 [including Donald Cochrane and J O N Perkins] (nine items); miscellaneous press cuttings sent by Alan Prest (one envelope); obituary of Alan Prest, The Times, 2 January 1985 (photocopy).
Alan Prest (1919-1984) was also a distinguished economist. 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.Collection CategoryUniversity, individualsAccess StatusAccess restrictions applyRequest Access to RecordsRequest records from this Accession
