ECONOMIST

Sidney Webb, 1st Baron Passfield

1859 - 1947

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Sidney James Webb, 1st Baron Passfield, (13 July 1859 – 13 October 1947) was a British socialist, economist, supporter of Stalinism, and reformer, who co-founded the London School of Economics. He was an early member of the Fabian Society in 1884, joining, like George Bernard Shaw, three months after its inception. Along with his wife Beatrice Webb and with Annie Besant, Graham Wallas, Edward R. Pease, Hubert Bland and Sydney Olivier, Shaw and Webb turned the Fabian Society into the pre-eminent politico-intellectual society in Edwardian England. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sidney Webb, 1st Baron Passfield has received more than 213,230 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Sidney Webb, 1st Baron Passfield is the 177th most popular economist (down from 175th in 2019), the 1,628th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,653rd in 2019) and the 26th most popular British Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Sidney Webb, 1st Baron Passfield ranks 177 out of 414. Before him are Pierre Leroux, George Shultz, Walter Eucken, Lars Peter Hansen, Gustave de Molinari, and Francis Ysidro Edgeworth. After him are Nicholas Kaldor, Daniel Ellsberg, Jim Rogers, Michael Spence, Eli Heckscher, and Frank Knight.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1859, Sidney Webb, 1st Baron Passfield ranks 56. Before him are Walther von Lüttwitz, Sen Katayama, Kenneth Grahame, Havelock Ellis, Prince Ludwig Ferdinand of Bavaria, and Radko Dimitriev. After him are Prince Oscar Bernadotte, Ernesto Cesàro, Peder Mørk Mønsted, Paja Jovanović, Karl von Stürgkh, and Charles Diehl. Among people deceased in 1947, Sidney Webb, 1st Baron Passfield ranks 85. Before him are Victor Goldschmidt, Friedrich Paschen, Karol Świerczewski, Nicholas Murray Butler, Lilly Reich, and Sándor Garbai. After him are Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger, Bronisław Huberman, August Eigruber, Constantin Sănătescu, Lyuh Woon-hyung, and Harukichi Hyakutake.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Sidney Webb, 1st Baron Passfield ranks 1,628 out of 8,785. Before him are John Dollond (1706), Albert Ketèlbey (1875), Matthew Festing (1949), Philippa Foot (1920), Charles Macintosh (1766), and Chris Martin (1977). After him are Malo (487), Pasquale Anfossi (1727), Frank P. Ramsey (1903), P. F. Strawson (1919), Princess Mary of Great Britain (1723), and Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst (1717).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United Kingdom

Among economists born in United Kingdom, Sidney Webb, 1st Baron Passfield ranks 26. Before him are Angus Deaton (1945), Clive Granger (1934), James Mirrlees (1936), Kenneth E. Boulding (1910), Henry Sidgwick (1838), and Lionel Robbins (1898). After him are Oliver Hart (1948), Harold Laski (1893), Israel Kirzner (1930), John A. Hobson (1858), Robert Torrens (1780), and Nassau William Senior (1790).

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