William Beveridge
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5 total works indexed
- VMD: Visual molecular dynamics
· 1996 · cited 61,493x
- Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure
· 1976 · cited 43,862x
- Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water
· 1983 · cited 38,972x
- QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data
· 2010 · cited 30,722x
- Preparation of Graphitic Oxide
· 1958 · cited 28,525x
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Key facts
- Preceded by
- George Charles Grey
- Succeeded by
- Robert Thorp
- Majority
- 7,523 (74.8%)
- Born
- ( 1879-03-05 ) 5 March 1879, Rangpur , Bengal Presidency , British Raj
- Died
- 16 March 1963 (1963-03-16) (aged 84), Oxford , Oxfordshire , England
- Party
- Liberal
- Spouse
- Janet Philip ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1942 ; died 1959 )
- Parents
- Henry Beveridge (father) Annette Akroyd (mother)
- Education
- Charterhouse School
- Alma mater
- Balliol College, Oxford
- Occupation
- Economist politician
- Known for
- Work towards founding the Welfare State in the United Kingdom
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Works in European collections
3 objects attributed to William Beveridge, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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William Henry Beveridge, 1st Baron Beveridge, KCB (5 March 1879 – 16 March 1963) was a British economist and Liberal politician who was a progressive and social reformer who played a central role in designing the British welfare state. His 1942 report Social Insurance and Allied Services (known as the Beveridge Report) served as the basis for the welfare state put in place by the Labour government elected in 1945.
He built his career as an expert on unemployment insurance. He served on the Board of Trade as Director of the newly created labour exchanges, and later as Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Food. He was Director of the London School of Economics and Political Science from 1919 until 1937, when he was elected Master of University College, Oxford.