| W. A. MackintoshCC CMG FRSC | |
|---|---|
| Born | William Archibald Mackintosh (1895-05-21)May 21, 1895 Madoc, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | December 29, 1970(1970-12-29) (aged 75) Kingston, Ontario, Canada |
| Title | Principal of Queen's University (1951–1961) |
| Spouse |
Jean Mackintosh (m. 1928) |
| Awards | Innis-Gérin Medal (1967) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | |
| Doctoral advisor | F. W. Taussig |
| Influences | Guy Callendar |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | |
| Notable ideas | Staple thesis |
William Archibald Mackintosh, CC, CMG, FRSC (May 21, 1895 – December 29, 1970) was a Canadian economist and political scientist, and was the twelfth principal of Queen's University from 1951 until 1961. He is best known for developing the staple thesis that explains Canadian economic history in terms of a series of exports of staple products – fish, fur, timber, and wheat.
Born in Madoc, Ontario, he received his BA and MA from Queen's in 1916. He received his PhD from Harvard University.
From 1922 to 1939 he was a professor of economics at Queen's. During the Second World War, he was an assistant to the Deputy Minister of Finance in Ottawa and later in the Department of Reconstruction and Supply. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1946.
After the war he was the dean of arts and science at Queen's until becoming principal in 1951, the first principal who was a Queen's graduate. He was a director of the Bank of Canada and a member of its executive committee.
In 1967 he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada and received the Innis-Gérin Medal, awarded for a distinguished and sustained contribution to the literature of the social sciences, from the Royal Society of Canada, of which he was a fellow and was president from 1956 to 1957.
Mackintosh-Corry Hall at Queen's is co-named in his honour.
He married Jean Isobel Easton (1902–1983) in 1928.
References
- ^ Holmes, Gordon (2013). Staples, Political Economy and Trade Flows: A New Interpretation and Quantitative Evidence (PhD thesis). Hamilton, Ontario: McMaster University. p. 100. hdl:11375/15304.
- "William Archibald Mackintosh". Queen's University. Retrieved March 8, 2005.
- "Mackintosh-Corry Hall". Queen's University. Archived from the original on February 12, 2005. Retrieved March 8, 2005.
- "Innis-Gérin Medal". Royal Society of Canada. Archived from the original on July 23, 2005. Retrieved March 8, 2005.
Further reading
- Grant, Hugh (2015). W.A. Mackintosh: The Life of a Canadian Economist. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press.
| Academic offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded byRobert Charles Wallace | Principal of Queen's University 1951–1961 |
Succeeded byJames Corry |
| Professional and academic associations | ||
| Preceded byRobert H. Coats | President of the Canadian Political Science Association 1936–1937 |
Succeeded byHarold Innis |
| Preceded byGeorge Sherwood Hume | President of the Royal Society of Canada 1956–1957 |
Succeeded byThomas Cameron |
| Awards | ||
| New award | Innis-Gérin Medal 1967 |
Succeeded byEsdras Minville |
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- 1895 births
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- Canadian economists
- Companions of the Order of Canada
- Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada
- Harvard University alumni
- Writers from Ontario
- People from Hastings County
- Principals of Queen's University at Kingston
- Queen's University at Kingston alumni
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- Canadian people of Scottish descent
- Canadian Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
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- 20th-century Canadian political scientists