Alex Hunter (economist)

Alexander Hunter (23 December 1919 – 21 May 1971) was a Scottish-Australian industrial economist. He arrived in Australia in 1958 after being appointed a senior lecturer at the University of Melbourne. He then gained prominence as the editor of The Economics of Australian Industry. He became a professor of economics at the University of New South Wales in 1961, then moving to the Australian National University in 1965. He was a member of the editorial board of the Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies. He was married to Thelma Anna Carmela Cibelli and had three children. Hunter died of a coronary occlusion during a visit to Lae, Papua New Guinea, and was cremated.

References

Bibliography

• "Alex Hunter 1919–71". Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies. 7 (2). Routledge: 95–96. July 1971. doi:10.1080/00074917112331331872.
• Corden, W. M. (September 1971). "Alex Hunter: 1919–71". Economic Record. 47 (3). Economic Society of Australia: 427–432. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4932.1971.tb02651.x.
• Snooks, G. D. (2006) [1996]. "Hunter, Alexander (1919–1971)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. Retrieved 10 January 2023.

External links

• Papers of Alexander Hunter at the National Library of Australia