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Born on 23 May 1908 in Motherwell, Scotland, Black studied at the University of Glasgow, where he received an MA (Mathematics and Physics) in 1929, an MA (Economics and Politics) in 1932, and a Ph.D. (Economics) in 1937. He also served there as Senior Lecturer in Social Economics, 1946–52. The bulk of his teaching career was at the University College of North Wales, Bangor: Lecturer in Economics, 1934–45; Professor of Economics, 1952–68; and Professor Emeritus 1968 onwards.
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Grofman, B. (2018). Black, Duncan (1908–1991). In: The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95189-5_122
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