Alexander Nove, FRSE, FBA (born Aleksandr Yakovlevich Novakovsky; Russian: Алекса́ндр Я́ковлевич Новако́вский;[1] also published under Alec Nove; 24 November 1915 – 15 May 1994), a non-Marxist socialist,[2] was Professor of Economics at the University of Glasgow and a noted authority on Russian and Soviet economic history.
"[3] Alexander Nove was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia, the son of Jacob Novakovsky.
Nove served in the Royal Signal Corps from 1939 but was transferred to Military Intelligence until 1946, reaching the rank of Major.
He was then Emeritus Professor and Honorary Senior Research Fellow at Glasgow until his death.
His proposers were William Hugh Clifford Frend, Sydney Checkland, Thomas Wilson, George Wyllie, Sir Kenneth Alexander and Leslie Alcock.