Donald N. Winch | |
|---|---|
| Born | Donald Norman Winch 15 April 1935 London, England |
| Died | 12 June 2017 (aged 82) |
| Education | Sutton Grammar School |
| Alma mater | London School of Economics (B.Sc.) Princeton University (Ph.D.) |
| Occupation(s) | 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]
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
- Winch, Donald (1969). Economics and Policy: A Historical Study. London: Hodder and Stoughton. ISBN 9780340109724.
- Howson, Susan; Winch, Donald (1977). The Economic Advisory Council, 1930–1939: A Study in Economic Advice during Depression and Recovery. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0521211383.
- Winch, Donald (1978). Adam Smith's politics: an essay in historiographic revision. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0521218276.
- Collini, Stefan; Winch, Donald; Burrow, John (1983). That Noble Science of Politics: A Study in Nineteenth-Century Intellectual History. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0521257626.
- Winch, Donald (1987). Malthus. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0192876539.
- Winch, Donald (1996). Riches and Poverty: An Intellectual History of Political Economy in Britain, 1750–1834. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0521551052.
- Winch, Donald (2009). Wealth and life: essays on the intellectual history of political economy in Britain, 1848–1914. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0521887533.
- Winch, Donald (2013). Malthus: a very short introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0199670413.
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 '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
- 1 2 3 "Professor Donald Winch". British Academy. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
- 1 2 3 "Obituary: Donald Winch (1935-2017)". University of Sussex. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
- ↑ Winch, Donald Norman (1960). The political economy of colonization : a study in the development of the attitude of the English classical school to Empire.
- 1 2 Collini, Stefan (23 June 2017). "Donald Winch obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 June 2017.