N. S. B. Gras
| N. S. B. Gras | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Norman Scott Brien Gras 1884 Toronto, Ontario |
| Died | October 9, 1956 |
| Alma mater |
University of Western Ontario Harvard University |
| Occupation | Academic |
N. S. B. Gras (1884-1956) was a Canadian professor at the Harvard Business School who invented the academic discipline of Business History.
Early life
Gras was born in 1884 in Toronto, Ontario.[1] He graduated from the University of Western Ontario.[1] He went on to receive a PhD in Economics from Harvard University.[1]
Career
Gras taught Economics at the University of Minnesota.[2]
Gras was appointed as Professor of Business History by Dean Wallace Brett Donham in 1927.[2][3] He invented this new academic discipline, which only existed as his job title at the time.[2] From the outset, Gras made sure to draw a distinction between "economic history" and "business history."[3] For Gras, economic history failed to focus on the role of the businessman as well as the role of business administration.[3] Instead, the main goal of business history was to highlight those two components in the history of corporations and business developments.[3]
Gras served as the president of the Business History Foundation.[4] He was the founder and editor of the Journal of Economic and Business History.[4] He was also the editor of the Harvard Studies of Business History.[4]
Death
Gras died in 1956.[1]
Works
- Gras, N. S. B. (1918). The Early English Customs System: A Documentary Study of the Institutional and Economic History of the Customs from the Thirteenth to the Sixteenth Century. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. OCLC 3077330.
- Gras, N. S. B. (1922). An Introduction to Economic History. New York: Harper & Bros. OCLC 4625645.
- Gras, N. S. B. (1925). A History of Agriculture in Europe and America. New York: F.S. Crofts & Co. OCLC 2138695.
- Gras, N. S. B. (1930). Industrial Evolution. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. OCLC 1187223.
- Gras, N. S. B.; Pforzheimer, Carl H. (1937). The Massachusetts First National Bank of Boston, 1784-1934. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. OCLC 2490681.
- Gras, N. S. B.; Larson, Henrietta M. (1939). Casebook in American History. New York: F.S. Crofts & Co. OCLC 4139275.
- Gras, N. S. B. (1939). Business and Capitalism: An Introduction to Business History. New York: F.S. Crofts & Co. OCLC 2167414.
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Gras, N. S. B.". Encyclopedia.com. International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. 1968. Retrieved January 16, 2016.
- 1 2 3 "Norman Scott Brien Gras, 1884-1956". The Business History Review. 30 (4): 357–360. December 1956. doi:10.2307/3111713. JSTOR 3111713. (registration required (help)).
- 1 2 3 4 Wohl, R. Richard (June 1954). "The Significance of Business History". The Business History Review. 28 (2): 128–140. doi:10.2307/3111488. JSTOR 3111488. (registration required (help)).
- 1 2 3 Postan, M. M. (1957). "N. S. B. Gras--A Memoir". The Economic History Review. 9 (3): 485. doi:10.1111/j.1468-0289.1957.tb00679.x. JSTOR 2591139. (registration required (help)).