Arthur S. Dewing

Arthur Stone Dewing (1880–1971) was an American professor, businessman, and author. He wrote A History of the National Cordage Company published in 1913.

Biography

Dewing was born in Boston in 1880. He received A.B., A.M., and P.Hd. degrees from Harvard. He also studied at the University of Munich before returning to Harvard, where he taught economics with Redverd Opie.[1] He served as president of the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities and was a resident member of the Massachusetts Historical Society.[2]

His book on the financial policy of corporations was sectioned and covered subjects including Corporate Securities, Valuation and Promotion, Administration of Income, Expansion, and Failure and Reorganization.[3][4]

Dewing was a collector of Greek coins.[5] He died in Boston.[6]

Writings

  • A Study of Corporation Securities (1904)[7]
  • Corporate promotions and reorganizations Harvard University Press (1914)
  • Corporation finance; a textbook for colleges and schools of business administration The Ronald Press Company (1922), also by Frances Dewing
  • The financial policy of corporations Ronald Press (1921)
  • A history of the National Cordage Company, with a supplement containing copies of important documents Harvard University Press (1913)
  • Introduction to the history of modern philosophy J. B. Lippincott (1903)
  • Life as reality; a philosophical essay Longmans, Green, and Co. (1910)
  • National note-book sheets for laboratory work in chemistry (L.E. Knott Apparatus Company (1909
  • Public service corporation securities : a lecture Marshall (1915)

References

  1. ^ Collier, Irwin (June 26, 2016). "Harvard. Economics of Corporations. Dewing and Opie, 1929".
  2. ^ Vermeule, Cornelius (1971). "Arthur Stone Dewing". Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society. 83: 165–167. JSTOR 25080716.
  3. ^ https://openyls.law.yale.edu/bitstream/handle/20.500.13051/14073/69_63YaleLJ889_1953_1954_.pdf?sequence=2
  4. ^ Bonbright, James C. (1921). "Reviewed work: 'The Financial Policy of Corporations', Arthur Stone Dewing". Political Science Quarterly. 36 (2): 321–323. doi:10.2307/2142264. JSTOR 2142264.
  5. ^ Hurter, Silvia.; Mildenberg, Leo. (May 8, 1985). The Arthur S. Dewing collection of Greek coins. Ancient coins in North American collections, 0271-4019; no. 6. American Numismatic Society – via Hathi Trust.
  6. ^ "Arthur S. Dewing of Harvard Dead". The New York Times. January 22, 1971 – via NYTimes.com.
  7. ^ Eiteman, Wilford J. (July 1, 1934). "Dewing, Arthur Stone. 'A Study of Corporation Securities'. Pp. ix, 427. New York: The Ronald Press Co., 1934. $4.00". The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 174 (1): 187–188. doi:10.1177/000271623417400139 – via Sage Journals.
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