Sydney James Christopher Lyon Butlin (1910–1977) was an Australian economist and historian. He was born on 20 October 1910 in Eastwood, a suburb of Sydney, the second of six children of Australian-born parents, Thomas Lyon Butlin, an orchard farmer and railway porter and Sara Mary, née Chantler.[1] He is the brother of notable economic historian, Noel George Butlin (1921–1991).[2]
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