
Raymond John Chambers was born just over a century ago on 16 November 1917. It is more than fifty years since his first classic, Accounting, Evaluation and Economic Behavior, was published, more than forty since Securities and Obscurities: Reform of the Law of Company...

This book provides an opportunity for a more nuanced biographical review to tease out forces that either positively influenced or mitigated Ray Chambers' contributions to accounting thought and practice. It will be of interest to researchers, educators, practitioners...