Mathematician:Alexander Kirkland Cairncross

Sir Alexander Kirkland "Alec" Cairncross was a British economist.

Nationality
Scottish

History

 * Born: 11 February 1911, Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire
 * 1944: Took a leading role in the Bretton Woods Conference, at which the World Bank and International Monetary Fund were established
 * 1946 Served briefly on the staff of The Economist
 * 1949: Appointed economic adviser to the Organisation for European Economic Co-operation in Paris
 * 1951: Became Professor of Applied Economics at Glasgow University
 * 1954: First editor of the Scottish Journal of Political Economy
 * 1961 - 64: Economic adviser to the UK government
 * 1964 - 69: Head of the Government Economic Service
 * 1969 - 78: Master of St Peter's College, Oxford
 * 1970: Delivered the MacMillan Memorial Lecture to the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland
 * 1972 - 96: Chancellor of the University of Glasgow
 * Died: 21 October 1998

Books and Papers

 * 1955: