Arthur S. Dewing

From Philosopedia

Arthur Stone Dewing (16 April 1880 - January 1971)

Dewing, who became a noted Greek numismatist, born in Boston, Massachusetts. He was educated at Harvard University, receiving his doctorate in 1905. He remained at Harvard until 1912, teaching philosophy and economics. After a brief sojourn in business, he returned to Harvard in 1919, where he remained until 1933 when he once again returned to the business world. During this latter period at Harvard, Dewing helped found the Harvard Business School and developed the case study method used there.

In 1903, he wrote Introduction to the History of Modern Philosophy, followed by Life as Reality: A Philosophical Essay (1910, Longman's Green & Co.), works that described his naturalistic and liberal outook.

He also wrote:

National Biology Note-Book: Compomising Direction for Laboratory Work in Botany, Zoology, and Physiology (1908)

A History of the National Cordage Company (1913)

Public Serice Corporation Securities, A Lecture (1915)

The Financial Policy of Corporations: 2 volumes (1919, 1937, 1941, 1946)

Corporate Promotions and Reorganization (1920, 1924))

Corporation Finance (1931)

The Study of Corporation Securities (1934)

The Financial Policy of Corporations (1953)

Industrial and Financial Mergers in Boom and Depression (1967)

Dewing was married to Frances R. Dewing.