陶继侃,浙江嘉兴人,生于1913年,曾在北京大学经济系毕业及南开大学经济研究所毕业,获经济学硕士学位,以后在美国丹福大学及威斯康星大学进修,专攻国际经济学和财政学。曾在重庆大学及湖南大学任教,1949年迄今在南开大 Tao Jiken, a native of Jiaxing, Zhejiang, was born in 1913. He graduated from the Economics Department of Peking University and graduated from the Economic Research Institute of Nankai University with a master’s degree in economics. After studying in the United States at Danfoss University and the University of Wisconsin, specializing in international economics and finance . Once taught at Chongqing University and Hunan University, so far in Nankai since 1949