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Harold Innis

1894 - 1952

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Harold Adams Innis (November 5, 1894 – November 8, 1952) was a Canadian professor of political economy at the University of Toronto and the author of seminal works on media, communication theory, and Canadian economic history. He helped develop the staples thesis, which holds that Canada's culture, political history, and economy have been decisively influenced by the exploitation and export of a series of "staples" such as fur, fish, lumber, wheat, mined metals, and coal. The staple thesis dominated economic history in Canada from the 1930s to 1960s, and continues to be a fundamental part of the Canadian political economic tradition. Innis has been referred to as the "father of communications theory" and as the "father of Canadian economic history". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Harold Innis is the 286th most popular economist (down from 231st in 2019), the 361st most popular biography from Canada (down from 199th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Canadian Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Harold Innis ranks 286 out of 414. Before him are Hernando de Soto Polar, Herman Daly, Robert Barro, Leonid Abalkin, Pietro Verri, and Boediono. After him are Theodore Levitt, Fakhruddin Ahmed, Mark Blaug, Nassau William Senior, Max O. Lorenz, and Bruno de Finetti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, Harold Innis ranks 189. Before him are Tiny Sandford, Semyon Bogdanov, Bertha Lutz, Nita Naldi, Surya Sen, and Georges Carpentier. After him are Janko Alexy, Paul Hörbiger, Alexander P. de Seversky, Margaret Molesworth, Bevil Rudd, and Nick Winter. Among people deceased in 1952, Harold Innis ranks 133. Before him are Ronald Rawson, Giovanni Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano, Ernst Streeruwitz, Sunao Tawara, Juan Bautista Pérez, and Elmo Lincoln. After him are Géza Kiss, Teffi, Stafford Cripps, Ivan Olbracht, Itzik Feffer, and Richard Johansson.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Harold Innis ranks 361 out of 1,622. Before him are Linda Thorson (1947), Natalya Neidhart (1982), Émile Nelligan (1879), Duncan McNaughton (1910), Samuel Cunard (1787), and Mary Pierce (1975). After him are Lothaire Bluteau (1957), Doug Rogers (1941), David Suzuki (1936), Sami Zayn (1984), Jason Gray-Stanford (1970), and Mazo de la Roche (1879).

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Among ECONOMISTS In Canada

Among economists born in Canada, Harold Innis ranks 7. Before him are William Vickrey (1914), Robert Mundell (1932), Henry Mintzberg (1939), John Kenneth Galbraith (1908), Myron Scholes (1941), and David Card (1956). After him are Jacob Viner (1892), and Michel Chossudovsky (1946).

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