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Mavor, James
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James Mavor (1854-1925) was a Scottish-Canadian economist. He studied at the University of Glasgow and later taught for some time in a Glasgow College. He took an interest in the Art world and was an editor for 'Scottish Art Review'. He was also one of the founder members of the Socialist League along with William Morris. Mavor served as a Professor of Political Economy at the University of Toronto from 1892-1923. He was a friend of Fra Newbery and introduced Newbery to William Morris. The Fisher Library at the University of Toronto holds correspondence between Mavor and Morris and Mavor and Newbery.
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