Robin Foliet Neill | |
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| Born | 1931 (1931) |
| Died | 29 June 2014(2014-06-29) (aged 82–83) |
| Resting place | Prince Edward Island |
| Alma mater | University of Toronto |
| Spouse | Sharon |
| Children | Natalie |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Economic historian |
| Institutions | Carleton University University of Prince Edward Island |
Robin F. Neill (1931–2014) was a Canadianeconomic historian who was a longstanding professor atCarleton University inOttawa and then, latterly, at theUniversity of Prince Edward Island.[1]
Born in 1931 inThunder Bay,Ontario, Robin Neill held a B.A. and M.A. in political economy from the University of Toronto and a PhD in economics from Duke. His academic appointments included the University of Saskatchewan, 1960–69; University of Prince Edward Island, 1970–72; Carleton University, 1972–95 (retired as full professor), University of Prince Edward Island and Carleton University (-2013), adjunct professor, 1995–1998. He was special advisor to the Fisheries Council of Canada and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, from 1984 to 1985.[2] He was on the board of governors of the Atlantic Provinces Economic Council from 1997 to 2003 and served as vice-president from 1998 to 2000.[3] He was on the Atlantic Institute of Market Studies, research advisory board since 1998 and served as chairman of the RAB since 2001.[2][3]
Over his career, Neill wrote three books and over forty academic articles. His writings in theJournal of Canadian Studies were extensive — with subjects includingAdam Shortt,Harold Adams Innis,Social Credit, economic activity in Quebec, the state of economic history in the 1970s, and the Saskatchewan school of economichistoriography. His work offers a right-wing analysis of Canadian economic history.
He established himself as a critic of Harold Adams Innis’staple thesis,[4] which explains Canadian economic development as a lateral, east–west conception of trade. Neill advocated a post-Innisian thesis, explaining the development as an expression of variegated regions (population density, cultural politics, geographic characteristics) and of their particular north–south relations with theUnited States.
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