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Who was the first accountant?

2008-03-05T07:11:21+00:00

Just read the following article Who was the first accountant? in the history section and thought it was fascinating. Normally we associate Pacioli as being the inventor of double entry - but as this article shows the first accountant was actually somebody else.

Can we have more articles like this please as the history of our profession is fascinating.

Visit the History of Accounting section of the site for more articles

2008-02-29T00:21:17+00:00

Find out more about the history of accounting in our ’History of Accounting‘ section which can be found under the ‘Resources’ menu tab above.

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The origins of DR and CR

2006-10-14T21:10:55+00:00

I’ve read the articles on the history of accounting and have the following question:

Why do we use the abreviations DR and CR for debit and credit?

I can see the logic if CR being the first two letters of CRedit but where does DR come from?

Excellent History Articles

2006-08-09T22:47:48+00:00

Just wanted to say AS that the history articles are terrific - a real background to the history of our profession.

Link is here