George Cyril Allen (28 June 1900 – 31 July 1982), published asG. C. Allen, was a British economist and academic.[1] He wasBrunner Professor of Economic Science at theUniversity of Liverpool from 1933 to 1947, and then Professor of Political Economy atUniversity College London from 1947 to 1967. He wrote onJapanese and Britishindustrial policy.
Allen was born inKenilworth,Warwickshire. After education atKing Henry VIII School, Coventry he briefly joined at theRoyal Air Force in 1918 before studying at theUniversity of Birmingham. There he studied under William Ashley, graduatingB.Com in 1921 andM.Com in 1922. From 1922 to 1925 he taught economics at the Higher Commercial School inNagoya, Japan. Returning to Birmingham, Allen gained a PhD in 1928 with a thesis which was published the following year asThe Industrial Development of Birmingham and the Black Country. He became professor of economics at theUniversity College of Hull in 1929, andBrunner Professor of Economic Science at theUniversity of Liverpool in 1933. In 1947 he became Professor of Political Economy at University College London.[2]
His papers are held at University College London.[3]
