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R. H. Tawney

R. H. TawneyAKA Richard Henry Tawney

Born: 30-Nov-1880
Birthplace: Calcutta, India
Died: 16-Jan-1962
Location of death: London, England
Cause of death: unspecified

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Scholar

Nationality: England
Executive summary: The Acquisitive Society

Military service: (WWI, injured)

Socialist thinker, highly influential to UK Labour party policy.

    High School: Rugby School
    University: Balliol College, Oxford University
    Professor: Oxford University
    Professor: Lecturer, London School of Economics (1917-31)
    Professor: Economic History, London School of Economics (1931-49, emeritus after)

    Fabian Society
    Workers' Educational Association 1905-, President 1928-44

Author of books:
The Agrarian Problem in the Sixteenth Century (1912)
The Acquisitive Society (1920)
Secondary Education for All (1922)
Education: the Socialist Policy (1924)
Religion and the Rise of Capitalism (1926)
Equality (1931)
Business and Politics Under James I (1958)


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