Lyndhurst Giblin
| Lyndhurst Giblin DSO MC | |
|---|---|
| Born | 29 November 1872 |
| Died | 1 March 1951 (aged 78) |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Occupation | Statistician, economist |
Professor Lyndhurst Falkiner Giblin DSO MC (29 November 1872 – 1 March 1951) was an Australian statistician and economist. He was an unsuccessful gold prospector, played rugby union for England, and fought in the First World War.
Giblin was the son of William Giblin, former Premier of Tasmania and member of Tasmania's influential Giblin family. He was educated at The Hutchins School, in Hobart, before going to England to study at University College, London and King's College, Cambridge, graduating with Honours in mathematics in 1896. It was there that he played international rugby for England.
He travelled the world and unsuccessfully tried gold mining in northern British Columbia. He returned to Tasmania in 1906, taking up fruit growing and farming. Between 1913 and 1915 was a member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. He joined the Australian Imperial Force in 1916 and served in France during in the First World War, finishing with the rank of Major having been awarded the Distinguished Service Order and the Military Cross.
In 1918 Giblin married Eilean Mary Burton. Between 1919 and 1928 he was the Government Statistician of Tasmania. In 1929 he was made Ritchie Professor of Economics at the University of Melbourne and held that post until 1940, studying State and Federal financial relations, the concept of taxable capacity, and the measurement of tariff costs and their distribution. Giblin has been credited by some with being a precursor of Richard Kahn in the development of the concept of the multiplier.
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