Sir John Harold Clapham (1873-1946) was the first professor of economic history at Cambridge University. He was quoted as saying “economic advance is not the same thing as human progress.” His works include The Bank of England: A History, A Concise Economic History of Britain from the Earliest Times to 1750, An Economic History of Modern Britain, and The Cambridge Economic History of Europe. Clapham was knighted in 1943.
