Donald Winch

Donald Norman Winch, 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 from 1986 to 1989.

Early life and education

Winch was born on 15 April 1935 to Sidney and Iris Winch. He was educated at Sutton Grammar School, an all-boys state grammar school in London. Having received state scholarship, he studied economics at the London School of Economics, University of London, and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1956. 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."
In 1981, he was one of the 364 economists who signed a letter to The Times condemning Geoffrey Howe's 1981 Budget.

Academic career

After teaching at the University of California, and at the University of Edinburgh, Winch joined the University of Sussex. 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. He also served as Dean of the School of Social Sciences from 1968 to 1974, and Pro-Vice-Chancellor from 1986 to 1989. He retired from full-time academia in 2000, and was appointed professor emeritus.

Later life

Winch died on 12 June 2017, aged 82.

Honours

In 1986, Winch was elected a Fellow of the British Academy. He was also an elected Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

Selected works

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