See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

ROBERT See also:

• SIR ROBERT GIFFEN (1837—1910)

GIFFEN (1837—1910)  , See also:

• BRITISH

British statistician and economist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• STRATHAVEN (locally pronounced Strays)

Strathaven, See also:

• LANARKSHIRE

Lanarkshire . He entered a See also:

• SOLICITOR

solicitor's See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office in See also:

• GLASGOW

Glasgow, and while in that See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city attended courses at the university . He drifted into journalism, and after working for the Stifling See also:

• JOURNAL
• JOURNAL (through Fr. from late Lat. diurnalis, daily)

Journal he went to See also:

• LONDON

London in 1862 and joined the See also:

• STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

staff of the Globe . He also assisted Mr See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John (afterwards See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord) See also:

• MORLEY
• MORLEY [oP BLACKBURN], JOHN MORLEY
• MORLEY, BARONS AND EARLS OF
• MORLEY, GEORGE (1597-1684)
• MORLEY, HENRY (1822-1894)
• MORLEY, SAMUEL (18o9–1886)

Morley, when the latter edited the Fortnightly See also:

• REVIEW (Fr. revue, from revoir, to see again, Lat. re and videre)

Review . In 1868 he became See also:

• WALTER, HUBERT (d. 1205)
• WALTER, JOHN (1738/9-1812)

Walter See also:

• BAGEHOT, WALTER (1826-1877)

Bagehot's assistant-editor on the Economist; and his services were also secured in 1873 as city-editor of the Daily See also:

• NEWS

News, and later of The Times . His high reputation as a See also:

• FINANCIAL

financial journalist and statistician, gained in these years; led to his See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment in 1876 as See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of the statistical See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department in the See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

Board of See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

Trade, and subsequently he became assistant secretary (1882) and finally controller-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general (1892), retiring in 1897 . In connexion with his position as See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief statistical adviser to the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government, he was constantly employed in See also:

• DRAWING

drawing up reports, giving See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence before commissions of inquiry, and acting as a government auditor, besides See also:

• PUBLISHING

publishing a number of important essays on financial subjects . His See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal publications were Essays on See also:

• FINANCE

Finance (1879 and 1884), The Progress of the Working Classes (1884), The Growth of See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

Capital (189o), The See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

Case against See also:

• BIMETALLISM

Bimetallism (1892), and Economic Inquiries and Studies (1904) . He was See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of the Statistical Society (1882—1884); and after being made a C.B. in 1891 was created K.C.B. in 1895 . In 1892 he was elected a See also:

• FELLOW

Fellow of the Royal Society . See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert See also:

• GIFFEN, SIR ROBERT (1837—1910)

Giffen continued in later years to take a leading See also:

• PART

part in all public controversies connected with finance and See also:

• TAXATION
• TAXATION (from " tax," derived, through the French, from Lat. taxare, to appraise, which again is connected with the same root as tangere, to touch)

taxation, and his high authority and See also:

• PRACTICAL

practical experience were universally recognized . He died somewhat suddenly in See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland on the 12th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1910 .