Researching John Rickard
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 2043 people with the Rickard surname? In that year Rickard was ranked number 1803 for popularity in the UK. |
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The name John means "God is gracious" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of John Rickard on Ancestry
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| Did you know that there are currently 2784 people with the Rickard surname in the UK? Rickard is now ranked number 1919 for popularity in the UK. |
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Some Famous People called John Rickard
John Rickard (economist)
John Anthony Rickard (born 12 July 1945) is an economist, and Chair of Higher Education Governing Council of Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia. Previously, he has been Vice Chancellor at Central Queensland University and the University of Southern Queensland, Dean at Monash University, Director of the Graduate School of Management at Deakin University and Foundation Professor (Financial Economics) at the University of Melbourne.
The author of three books and 81 articles, Professor Rickard has been an advisor to the governments of Victoria and Queensland on education and financial matters.
Rickard was born in Birmingham. He read Mathematics at Queen Elizabeth College, University of London, where he was awarded a BSc (1st Class Honours) in 1966. He completed his studies at University College, London. His Thesis was a study of "Planetary Waves."
John and his wife Veronica first arrived in Australia aboard the Angelina Lauro in Fremantle in 1966 and first settled in Bulleen, Victoria, where John took up a lectureship in Mathematics.
Much of Professor Rickard's work in economics focuses on the development and validation of empirical models for customer repurchase decisions. Rickard was among the first to establish that customer satisfaction does not influence repurchase decisions directly, but rather indirectly via brand preference.
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