Donald Winch
| Donald N. Winch | |
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| Born | Donald Norman Winch 15 April 1935 London, England |
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| Education | Sutton Grammar School |
| Alma mater | London School of Economics (B.Sc.) Princeton University (Ph.D.) |
| Occupation | Economist, academic |
Donald Norman Winch, FRHistS, FBA, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , (15 April 1935 – 12 June 2017) was a British economist and academic. He was Professor of the History of Economics at the University of Sussex from 1969 to 2000, and its Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Arts and Social Studies) from 1986 to 1989.[1][2]
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Early life and education
Winch was born on 15 April 1935 to Sidney and Iris Winch.[1] He was educated at Sutton Grammar School, an all-boys state grammar school in London.[1] Having received state scholarship,[3] he studied economics at the London School of Economics, University of London, and graduated with a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in 1956.[1] He received a scholarship to pursue graduate studies at Princeton University, where he received a Ph.D. in economics in 1960 after completing a doctoral dissertation titled "The political economy of colonization: a study in the development of the attitude of the English classical school to Empire."[4][1][3]
Academic career
After teaching at the University of California (1959 to 1960), and at the University of Edinburgh (1960 to 1963), Winch joined the University of Sussex.[1][2] He was a lecturer in economics from 1963 to 1966, Reader in Economics from 1966 to 1969, and Professor of the History of Economics from 1969 to 2000.[1] He also served as Dean of the School of Social Sciences from 1968 to 1974, and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Arts and Social Studies) from 1986 to 1989.[1][3] He retired from full-time academia in 2000, and was appointed professor emeritus.[1][5]
Later life
Winch died on 12 June 2017, aged 82.[5]
Honours
In 1986, Winch was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA).[2] He was also an elected Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (FRHistS).[1]
Selected works
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 'WINCH, Prof. Donald Norman', Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016; online edn, Nov 2016 accessed 18 June 2017
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- 1935 births
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- British economists
- Academics of the University of Sussex
- People educated at Sutton Grammar School
- Economic historians
- Alumni of the London School of Economics
- Fellows of the British Academy
- Fellows of the Royal Historical Society
- Princeton University alumni
