William Beveridge
AKA William Henry Beveridge
Born: 5-Mar-1879
Birthplace: Rangpur, India
Died: 16-Mar-1963
Location of death: Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Economist
Nationality: England
Executive summary: Social Insurance and Allied Services
Father: Henry Beveridge (Indian civil service, 1837, d. 1929)
Mother: Annette Susannah Akroyd (b. 1842, d. 1929)
Wife: Jessy Mair (m. 1942)
High School: Charterhouse School
University: Balliol College, Oxford University
Administrator: Director, London School of Economics
Administrator: Master, University College, Oxford University (1937-45)
Development Corporation of Peterlee (1949-51)
Development Corporation of Newton Aycliffe Chairman (1947-51)
UK Member of Parliament for Berwick-upon-Tweed (1944-45)
Liberal Party (UK)
Knighthood 1919
Author of books:
Unemployment: A Problem of Industry (1909)
Insurance For All and Everything (1924)
Prices and Wages in England from the Twelfth to the Nineteenth Century (1939)
Social Insurance and Allied Services (1942)
Full Employment in a Free Society (1944)
The Economics of Full Employment (1944)
Voluntary Action (1948)
Why I Am a Liberal (1945)
Power and Influence (1953)
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