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The London School of Economics held its first classes in 1894 at rooms located at 9 John Street, Adelphi, in the City of Westminster. The proposal to establish the school was accepted by trustees in February 1895 following a breakfast meeting between Sidney Webb, Beatrice Webb, Louis Flood and George Bernard Shaw on the 4th of August 1894.
Notable figures include Nobel laureates Friedrich Hayek who lectured from 1931 to 1950 and W. Arthur Lewis who won the prize in 1979. The institution has educated 24 prime ministers or presidents since 1990 including David Attenborough and B. R. Ambedkar while alumni like George Soros and Tony Fernandes have become billionaires.
Since 1902 the London School of Economics has been based at Clare Market and Houghton Street. The current campus occupies an almost continuous group of around 30 buildings situated between Kingsway and Aldwych.
In February 2011 the London School of Economics faced consequences for accepting a £1.5m donation from Muammar Gaddafi's family which led to Director Howard Davies resigning over allegations about institutional links to the Libyan regime. In 2013 BBC Panorama featured North Korea in a documentary filmed inside the repressive regime after undercover journalists attached to a trip by the LSE's Grimshaw Club participated.
The London School of Economics had total income of £525.6 million and expenditure reached £444.4 million for the financial year ending the 31st of July 2024. Key sources included £316.4 million from tuition fees and education contracts while research grants contributed £41.4 million and donations added £49.3 million.