Adam Shortt (1859 - 1931)

Adam Shortt, CMG FRSC (November 24, 1859 – January 14, 1931) was an economic historian in Ontario. He was the first full-time employed academic in the field at a Canadian university. Regarded as the father of professional economics in Canada, Shortt takes more of a historical approach and disregarded economic theory, as he believed that the economic workings of each country depend on its allocation of natural resources, geographic location, and economic specific attributes.