Ashley, William James

(1860-1927)
Balliol College, Oxford
Economic History
First Professor of Political Economy and Constitutional History, UofT (1888)
Moved to Harvard University 1892
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ashley_(economic_historian)

William James Ashley was appointed as the first professor of Political Economy and Constitutional history in the Faculty of Arts of the University of Toronto in 1888. His appointment marks the roots of the Bachelor or Commerce degree at the university.

Ashley, Anne. William James Ashley: A life. London: P.S. King & Son, 1932

Ashley, C.A. ‘Sir William Ashley and the rise of schools of commerce,’ Commerce Journal (March 1938) 40-50

Ashley, W.J. What is Political Science? An inaugural lecture given in the Convocation Hall of the University of Toronto, 9th November, 1888. Toronto: Rowsell & Hutchison, 1888