Alexander Nove

Alexander Nove
Born24 November 1915
Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Died15 May 1994
Voss, Norway
NationalityBritish
Known forThe Soviet Economy, Political Economy and Soviet Socialism
SpouseIrene MacPherson (m. 1951)
ChildrenPerry Nove, David Nove, Charles Nove
AwardsFellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Fellow of the British Academy
Academic background
EducationLondon School of Economics
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Glasgow, University of London

Alexander Nove, FRSE, FBA (born Aleksandr Yakovlevich Novakovsky; Russian: Алекса́ндр Я́ковлевич Новако́вский;[1] also published under Alec Nove; 24 November 1915 – 15 May 1994), a non-Marxist socialist,[2] was Professor of Economics at the University of Glasgow and a noted authority on Russian and Soviet economic history. According to Ian D. Thatcher, "[T]he consensus is that he was one of the most significant scholars of 'Soviet' studies in its widest sense and beyond."[3]

  1. ^ Archie Brown and Alec Cairncross, "Alec Nove, 1915-1994: An Appreciation", Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 49, No. 3, 1997, pp. 627–641; Brown, Archie. "Nove, Alexander". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/55233. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.); Biography at the University of Glasgow Archived 13 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Stephanson, A., Feasible Socialism: A Conversation with Alec Nove, Social Text, No. 11 (Winter, 1984-1985), pp. 96-109, accessed 3 June 2024
  3. ^ Ian D. Thatcher, "Alec Nove: a bibliographical tribute - Soviet Studies scholar", Europe-Asia Studies, December 1995.