Development of the American Public Accounting Profession

The book presents a series of researched biographies of professional accountants who immigrated to the United States and developed their careers there in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. These accountants greatly influenced the public accountancy profession, and this volume is a tribute to the efforts of a relatively small group of Scots who helped to establish and nurture American public accountancy at a time when demand for its services greatly exceeded the ability of native-born accountants to provide them. As such, the biographies represent a history of well-known contributions.