Shirley Robin Letwin (17 February 1924 – 19 June 1993) was an American academic who lived in London. [1] [2]
Biography
Early life
Shirley Robin Letwin was born in Chicago, Illinois. [1] [2] Her family were Jewish immigrants from Kiev. [3] [1] [2] She graduated from the University of Chicago, where she was taught by Friedrich Hayek, and did graduate studies at the London School of Economics. [1] [2] She decided to move to England permanently in 1965.
Career
She taught at LSE and at Peterhouse, a college of the University of Cambridge, in the 1970s, [2] a time when the college was a haunt of radical conservative thinkers focused loosely around Maurice Cowling. She wrote many books about conservatism, and one about Anthony Trollope. [4]
She met Margaret Thatcher through her friend Keith Joseph, and started working for her. [1] She also worked for the Centre for Policy Studies. [1] She was also close to Michael Oakeshott and later became his literary executor. [1] [2] In 1987, she gave a lecture at the Centre for Independent Studies in Sydney, Australia. [2]
Personal life
She was married to William Letwin. [1] They had one son, Oliver Letwin. [1] [2] [5] [6] They lived in London, in a house overlooking Regent's Park. [1] She was an avid tennis player, and once played with Milton Friedman despite the fact that it was snowing. [1]
Bibliography
- The Gentleman in Trollope: individuality and moral conduct (1982)
- On the History of the Idea of Law
- The Pursuit of Certainty: David Hume, Jeremy Bentham, John Stuart Mill and Beatrice Webb
- The Anatomy of Thatcherism (1992)
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Peregrine Worsthorne, Obituary: Shirley Robin Letwin, The Independent, June 22, 1993
- ^ a b c d e f g h Kenneth Minogue, Shirley Robin Letwin, 1924-1993 Archived 2014-01-08 at the Wayback Machine, Policy, Spring 1993
- ^ "Obituary: Professor William Letwin". The Daily Telegraph. London. 4 March 2013. ISSN 0307-1235. OCLC 49632006. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
- ^ Noel Annan, How Should a Gent Behave?, The New York Review of Books, February 03, 1983
- ^ Melanie McDonagh, Letwin's parents are the key to his soul, The Daily Telegraph, February 20, 2004
- ^ Michael White, Oliver Letwin: more at home in a senior common room than at a public meeting, The Guardian, December 07, 2012
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Shirley Robin Letwin (17 February 1924 – 19 June 1993) was an American academic who lived in London. [1] [2]
Biography
Early life
Shirley Robin Letwin was born in Chicago, Illinois. [1] [2] Her family were Jewish immigrants from Kiev. [3] [1] [2] She graduated from the University of Chicago, where she was taught by Friedrich Hayek, and did graduate studies at the London School of Economics. [1] [2] She decided to move to England permanently in 1965.
Career
She taught at LSE and at Peterhouse, a college of the University of Cambridge, in the 1970s, [2] a time when the college was a haunt of radical conservative thinkers focused loosely around Maurice Cowling. She wrote many books about conservatism, and one about Anthony Trollope. [4]
She met Margaret Thatcher through her friend Keith Joseph, and started working for her. [1] She also worked for the Centre for Policy Studies. [1] She was also close to Michael Oakeshott and later became his literary executor. [1] [2] In 1987, she gave a lecture at the Centre for Independent Studies in Sydney, Australia. [2]
Personal life
She was married to William Letwin. [1] They had one son, Oliver Letwin. [1] [2] [5] [6] They lived in London, in a house overlooking Regent's Park. [1] She was an avid tennis player, and once played with Milton Friedman despite the fact that it was snowing. [1]
Bibliography
- The Gentleman in Trollope: individuality and moral conduct (1982)
- On the History of the Idea of Law
- The Pursuit of Certainty: David Hume, Jeremy Bentham, John Stuart Mill and Beatrice Webb
- The Anatomy of Thatcherism (1992)
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Peregrine Worsthorne, Obituary: Shirley Robin Letwin, The Independent, June 22, 1993
- ^ a b c d e f g h Kenneth Minogue, Shirley Robin Letwin, 1924-1993 Archived 2014-01-08 at the Wayback Machine, Policy, Spring 1993
- ^ "Obituary: Professor William Letwin". The Daily Telegraph. London. 4 March 2013. ISSN 0307-1235. OCLC 49632006. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
- ^ Noel Annan, How Should a Gent Behave?, The New York Review of Books, February 03, 1983
- ^ Melanie McDonagh, Letwin's parents are the key to his soul, The Daily Telegraph, February 20, 2004
- ^ Michael White, Oliver Letwin: more at home in a senior common room than at a public meeting, The Guardian, December 07, 2012
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