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Academics of the London School of Economics
- T. S. AshtonThomas Southcliffe Ashton was born on the 11th of January 1889 in England. He grew up near Manchester and attended the Ashton-under-Lyne secondary school…
- Tim DysonTim Dyson was born in 1949. This date marks the start of a life that would eventually reshape how scholars understand India's population growth.
- Michael Cox (academic)Michael E. Cox was born in March 1947 and began his academic life at the University of Reading. His career took him across continents before he settled at…
- Odd Arne WestadOdd Arne Westad was born on the 5th of January 1960 in Norway. He began his academic journey at the University of Oslo as an undergraduate student.
- Clement AttleeClement Richard Attlee was born on the 3rd of January 1883 in Putney, Surrey. He grew up in a two-storey villa with a large garden and tennis court.
- George AkerlofGeorge Arthur Akerlof arrived in New Haven, Connecticut on the 17th of June 1940. His mother Rosalie Clara Grubber was a housewife of German Jewish descent…
- Friedrich HayekFriedrich August von Hayek was born on the 8th of May 1899 in Vienna to a family that valued scholarship. His father worked as a medical doctor for the…
- Paul KrugmanPaul Robin Krugman was born on the 28th of February 1953 in Albany, New York. He spent his early years moving between upstate cities before settling into…
- Bronisław MalinowskiBronisław Kasper Malinowski was born on the 7th of April 1884 in Kraków, then part of the Austrian Partition of Poland. His father Lucjan Malinowski served…
- Janet YellenJanet Louise Yellen was born on the 13th of August 1946 in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Her father Julius worked as a family physician from the ground floor of their…
- Nicholas CraftsNicholas Francis Robert Crafts entered the world on the 9th of March 1949 in Nottingham, England. He attended Brunts Grammar School in Mansfield before…
- John HicksJohn Richard Hicks entered the world on the 8th of April 1904 in Warwick, England. His father Edward Hicks edited and co-owned the Warwick and Leamington Spa…
- Oliver Hart (economist)Oliver Simon D'Arcy Hart entered the world on the 9th of October 1948. He was born in Britain to parents who both worked in medicine.
- Ronald CoaseRonald Harry Coase was born in Willesden, a suburb of London, on the 29th of December 1910. His father worked as a telegraphist for the post office, and his…
- Lionel RobbinsLionel Charles Robbins was born on the 22nd of November 1898 in Sipson, west of London. His father Rowland Richard Robbins worked as a farmer and served on…
- Nicholas BarrNicholas Barr stands as a professor of public economics at the London School of Economics. He earned his Ph.D. in economics as a Fulbright Scholar from the…
- Bertrand RussellBertrand Arthur William Russell was born at Ravenscroft, a country house in Trellech, Monmouthshire, on the 18th of May 1872.
- David StarkeyDavid Robert Starkey arrived in the world on the 3rd of January 1945 within the quiet town of Kendal, Westmorland. He was the only child born to Quaker…
- A. L. RowseAlfred Leslie Rowse was born on the 4th of December 1903 at Tregonissey near St Austell in Cornwall. His father Richard worked as a china clay worker while…