About David Chadwick Smith
Lived 1931 – 2000 (aged 68). David Chadwick Smith was a Canadian economist.
David Chadwick Smith (August 12, 1931 – May 22, 2000) was a Canadian economist, and the sixteenth Principal of Queen's University from 1984 to 1994.
Smith was born in Ootacamund, British India to Canadian parents who were Baptist missionaries. The family moved back to the Simcoe area of Ontario when he was eight years old. He was educated at McMaster University, Oxford University, and Harvard University and then taught at University of California, Berkeley before coming to Queen's in 1961, joining the Department of Economics.
In 1993, he was made a member of the Order of Canada. He was made a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1976.
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Canadian economist
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David Chadwick Smith was born on 12 August 1931.
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David Chadwick Smith died on 22 May 2000.
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