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

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Gras, N. S. B.". Encyclopedia.com. International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. 1968. Retrieved January 16, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 "Norman Scott Brien Gras, 1884-1956". The Business History Review 30 (4): 357–360. December 1956. Retrieved January 15, 2016 via JSTOR. (registration required (help)).
  3. 1 2 3 4 Wohl, R. Richard (June 1954). "The Significance of Business History". The Business History Review 28 (2): 128–140. Retrieved January 15, 2016 via JSTOR. (registration required (help)).
  4. 1 2 3 Postan, M. M. (1957). "N. S. B. Gras--A Memoir". The Economic History Review 9 (3): 485. Retrieved January 20, 2016 via JSTOR. (registration required (help)).


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