Arnold Plant

Sir Arnold Plant
Plant in the 1920s
Born	29 April 1898 Hoxton, London, England
Died	19 April 1978(1978-04-19) (aged 79) Camden, London, England
Spouse	Edith Render ​ (m. 1925)​
Children	2 sons
Academic career
Institutions	London School of Economics
Other notable students	Ronald Coase
Influences	David Hume[1] Edwin Cannan[1] F. A. Hayek[2]

Sir Arnold Plant (29 April 1898 – 19 April 1978) was a British economist.^[3][4][5]

Plant was born in Hoxton, London, the son of a municipal librarian, William Charles Plant, and Thomasine Emily Plant.^[6][1] After attending Strand School, he worked for a mechanical engineering organisation. At the advice of William Piercy, he set out to learn about management. In 1916 he attempted to enlist for military service, but his bad eyesight meant that he was initially unsuccessful. However, with the increasing demand for military manpower, the regulations were relaxed and he was able to enlist as a Private in the 4th Battalion of the Royal West Kent regiment in 1918. He was demobilised in January 1919 and worked as General Manager of the Steam Fittings Company from January 1919 to July 1920.^[7] He obtained a BCom degree (1922) and a BSc degree in Economics (1923; specialising in modern economic history) from the London School of Economics.^[1]

He worked as a professor at the University of Cape Town (1923–1930) and at the London School of Economics (1930–1965).^[3]

Plant's 1934 paper on patents, "The Economic Theory Concerning Patents for Inventions",^[8] is considered a classic.^[9]

In 1947, he was knighted.^[3][10] He died in 1978. His widow, Edith, Lady Plant, died a decade later.^[11]

• Plant, Arnold (February 1932). "Trends in Business Administration". Economica (35): 45–62. doi:10.2307/2548975. JSTOR 2548975.
• Plant, Arnold (February 1934). "The Economic Theory Concerning Patents for Inventions". Economica. New Series. 1 (1): 30–51. doi:10.2307/2548573. JSTOR 2548573.
• Plant, Arnold (May 1934). "The Economic Aspects of Copyright in Books". Economica. New Series. 1 (2): 167–195. doi:10.2307/2548748. JSTOR 2548748.
• Plant, Arnold (May 1939). "An African Survey". Economica. New Series. 6 (22): 205–212. doi:10.2307/2548933. JSTOR 2548933.

• Who's Who, 1945: An Annual Biographical Dictionary to which is Incorporated "Men and Women of the Time". Vol. 97. London & New York: Adam & Charles Black and Macmillan Company. 1945. p. 2182 – via Internet Archive.
• Hayek, F.A. (1967). "The Transmission of the Ideals of Economic Freedom". Studies in Philosophy, Politics and Economics. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. p. 196-197 – via Internet Archive.
• Arnold Plant Collection^{[permanent dead link‍]} at the British Library of Political and Economic Science
• Works by or about Arnold Plant at the Internet Archive
• Portraits of Arnold Plant at the National Portrait Gallery, London

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