George William Daniels


George William Daniels was a British political economist and historian who was vice-president of the Chetham Society and President of the Manchester Statistical Society.

Career

Daniels was born in Manchester and educated at the Victoria University of Manchester where he gained his Master of Arts and Master of Commerce degrees and was later appointed Stanley Jeavons Professor of Political Economy. He worked with the economists John Jewkes and Harry Campion.
He was a Member of the Chetham Society serving as vice-president and was a Member of the Manchester Statistical Society being elected President. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society in 1930. He died, aged 59 in Manchester in 1937.

Select bibliography

The Cotton Trade during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, London, 1916The Early Cotton Industry, London, 1920.', Manchester University Press, Manchester, 1920.The British Cotton Industry: Survey and Prospects, Executive Committee of London & Cambridge Economic Service, London, 1925.Refrigeration in the Chemical Industry, Van Nostrand, New York, 1926.