{{Short description|American economist (1899–1983)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2025}}

{{Infobox person | name = Elgin Groseclose | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = 25 November 1899 | birth_place = Waukomis, Oklahoma, U.S. | death_date = 7 April 1983 | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | nationality = | other_names = | known_for = | education = | employer = | occupation = Economist | title = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | boards = | spouse = Louise Groseclose | children = 4 daughters | parents = | relatives = }} '''Elgin Earl Groseclose''' (25 November 1899 – 7 April 1983) was an American economist, statesman, and author.

==Early life== Elgin Groseclose was born in 1899 in Waukomis, Oklahoma.<ref name="nytimesobitelgin">{{cite news|title=Elgin Groseclose, 83, Author and Economist|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/04/07/obituaries/elgin-groseclose-83-author-and-economist.html|accessdate=September 10, 2016|work=The New York Times|date=April 7, 1983}}</ref>

==Career== After working as special assistant to Arthur Millspaugh's economic mission in Persia, he was appointed Treasurer-General of Persia by the order of the parliament of Iran in 1943.<ref name="nytimesobitelgin"/> He also headed the ''Persian Relief Commission'' and wrote a book entitled ''Introduction to Iran''.

Groseclose was the author of many books. For ''Ararat'', an adventure novel set in Armenia, he won a National Book Award as the Bookseller Discovery of 1939, voted by members of the American Booksellers Association.<ref name="nytimesobitelgin"/> The annual Discovery identified "outstanding merit which failed to receive adequate sales and recognition".<ref name=nyt1940>"1939 Book Awards Given by Critics: Elgin Groseclose's 'Ararat' is Picked as Work Which Failed to Get Due Recognition", ''The New York Times'', February 14, 1940, page 25. ProQuest Historical Newspapers The New York Times (1851-2007).</ref>

Groseclose was the co-founder of Groseclose, Williams and Associates, a consulting firm in Washington D.C.<ref name="nytimesobitelgin"/> He testified before the United States House of Representatives in favor of the silver standard and against foreign aid.<ref name="nytimesobitelgin"/>

Groseclose served as the president of the Washington City Bible Society.<ref name="nytimesobitelgin"/>

==Personal life and death== With his wife Louise, he had four daughters, Jane, Nancy, Hildegarde, and Suzy.<ref name="nytimesobitelgin"/> He died on April 7, 1983.<ref name="nytimesobitelgin"/>

==Books== ===Economics & History=== * [https://dn790000.ca.archive.org/0/items/in.ernet.dli.2015.77484/2015.77484.Introduction-To-Irani.pdf ''Introduction to Iran''] (1947) * ''Money: The Human Conflict'' (1934) ** 2nd&ndash;4th editions retitled ''Money and Man'' (1961, 1967, 1976) * ''Fifty Years of Managed Money: The Story of the Federal Reserve'' (1966) ** 2nd edition retitled [https://mises.org/books/moneymachine.pdf ''America's Money Machine: The Story of the Federal Reserve''] (1980)

===Novels=== * ''The Persian Journey of the Reverend Ashley Wishard and His Servant Fathi'' (1937) * ''Ararat'' (1939, National Book Award, American Booksellers Award, Foundation for Literature Award) * ''The Firedrake'' (1942) * ''The Carmelite'' (1955) * ''The Scimitar of Saladin'' (1956) * ''The Kiowa'' (1978) * ''Olympia'' (1980)

===Autobiography=== * ''Never a Blare of Trumpets'' ( )

===Institute for Monetary Research Monographs=== * ''Post-War Near Eastern Monetary Standards'' (1944) * ''The Decay of Money'' (1962) * ''Money, Man and Morals'' (1963) * ''Silver as Money'' (1965) * ''The Silken Metal – Silver: Past, Present, Prospective'' (1975)

==See also== *US-Iran relations

==References== {{reflist}} *Lorentz, J. ''Historical Dictionary of Iran''. 1995. {{ISBN|0-8108-2994-0}}

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