Edwin Cannan

Edwin Cannan
Edwin Cannan, c. 1920
Born(1861-02-03)3 February 1861
Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
Died8 April 1935(1935-04-08) (aged 74)
Bournemouth, England
Resting placeWolvercote Cemetery, Oxford
NationalityBritish
Spouse
Margaret Mary Cullen
(m. 1907)
ChildrenDavid Cannan
Parent(s)David Alexander Cannan (father)
Jane Dorothea Claude (mother)
RelativesCharles Cannan (brother);
May Wedderburn Cannan (niece)
Joanna Cannan (niece)
Gilbert Cannan
Academic background
Alma materBalliol College, Oxford
Academic work
DisciplineEconomics
Political Economy
History of Economic Thought
School or traditionclassical liberalism
InstitutionsLondon School of Economics
Notable studentsDr. B.R. Ambedkar
Arnold Plant
Lionel Robbins
Theodore Gregory
William Harold Hutt
Frederic Benham

Edwin Cannan (3 February 1861 – 8 April 1935) was a British economist and historian of economic thought. He taught at the London School of Economics from 1895 to 1926.