Sir George Paish | |
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Born |
Horsham, Sussex, England | 7 November 1867
Died | 1 May 1957
Stoke Poges,
Buckinghamshire, England | (aged 89)
Nationality | British |
Occupation(s) | Journalist and Economist |
Sir George Paish (7 November 1867 – 1 May 1957) [1] [2] was a British liberal economist of international renown, [3] author of The Defeat of Chaos (1941), as well as Railways in Great Britain (1904), and co-author of Road To Prosperity in 1927. [4] He advocated the free market prior to the First World War, [5] and was at one point advisor to the head of the British Treasury. [6] He also served for a time as co-president of the Anglo-Ethiopian Society. [7]
He was the assistant editor of The Statist magazine from 1894 to 1900 [8] and later became the editor. [9]
Paish was born in Horsham, Sussex, on 7 November 1867, the son of Robert and Jane Paish; his father was a coachman. He married Emily Mary Whitehead on 24 March 1894, and they had five sons. [1] One of the sons was Frank Walter Paish, also an economist. [5] His wife died in 1933, and Paish married again on 30 September 1936 to Anita Carolyn Rouse. [1] Paish died on 1 May 1957 in a nursing home at Wexham in Buckinghamshire. [1]
He was active for the Liberal Party and stood three times for them as a parliamentary candidate, in 1922 and 1935. In June 1936, he was elected to serve on the Liberal Party Council. [10]
On 1 July 1912 Paish was conferred the honour of a Knighthood in the King's birthday honours. [11]
Paish was the author of the following books: [4]
Sir George Paish | |
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Born |
Horsham, Sussex, England | 7 November 1867
Died | 1 May 1957
Stoke Poges,
Buckinghamshire, England | (aged 89)
Nationality | British |
Occupation(s) | Journalist and Economist |
Sir George Paish (7 November 1867 – 1 May 1957) [1] [2] was a British liberal economist of international renown, [3] author of The Defeat of Chaos (1941), as well as Railways in Great Britain (1904), and co-author of Road To Prosperity in 1927. [4] He advocated the free market prior to the First World War, [5] and was at one point advisor to the head of the British Treasury. [6] He also served for a time as co-president of the Anglo-Ethiopian Society. [7]
He was the assistant editor of The Statist magazine from 1894 to 1900 [8] and later became the editor. [9]
Paish was born in Horsham, Sussex, on 7 November 1867, the son of Robert and Jane Paish; his father was a coachman. He married Emily Mary Whitehead on 24 March 1894, and they had five sons. [1] One of the sons was Frank Walter Paish, also an economist. [5] His wife died in 1933, and Paish married again on 30 September 1936 to Anita Carolyn Rouse. [1] Paish died on 1 May 1957 in a nursing home at Wexham in Buckinghamshire. [1]
He was active for the Liberal Party and stood three times for them as a parliamentary candidate, in 1922 and 1935. In June 1936, he was elected to serve on the Liberal Party Council. [10]
On 1 July 1912 Paish was conferred the honour of a Knighthood in the King's birthday honours. [11]
Paish was the author of the following books: [4]