1st Edition

Shaping the Accountancy Profession (RLE Accounting) The Story of Three Scottish Pioneers

Edited By Thomas Lee Copyright 1996
272 Pages
by Routledge

266 Pages
by Routledge

266 Pages
by Routledge

The emergence of an accountancy profession in Scotland is described in the context of three leading Chartered Accountants, whose careers spanned the second half of the nineteenth century and early part of the twentieth century: George Auldjo Jamieson (21828-1900), Alexander Sloan (1843-1927) and Richard Brown (1856-1918). Each biography reveals the man involved in the professionalisation events,... Read more

Preface. Acknowledgement. Memorial. Biographical Notes. 1. George Auldjo Jamieson – A Victorian ‘Man of Affairs’ Stephen P. Walker 2. Alexander Sloan: A Glasgow Chartered Accountant J. K. Shackleton and Margaret Milner 3. Richard Brown – Chartered Accountant and Christian Gentleman Thomas A. Lee. Bibliography.

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