ABSTRACT
Table 1 Growth of Royal Economic Society membership Membership category 1891 1915 1925 1939 1950 1960 1969 No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % Institutions 5 (0.7) 50 (6.7) 230 (9.9) 513 (11.4) 622 (10.4) 803 (14.2) 1307 (17.4) Foreign 112 (15.8) 195 (26.1) 764 (32.7) 1580 (35.1) 1955 (32.7) 2381 (42.0) 6195 (82.6) Home 594 (83.5) 502 (67.2) 1340 (57.4) 2409 (53.5) 3406 (56.9) 2483 (43.8) Total 711 747 (+5) 2334 (+212) 4502 (+93) 5983 (+33) 5667 (-5) 7502 (+32) Sources: 1891-1960 from published RES membership lists; 1969 from Annual Report, 31 December, 1969 Note: Home members are those with addresses in the British Isles, some of which may, of course, be forwarding addresses.
