Beveridge (of Tuggal), William Henry, 1st Baron
- Beveridge (of Tuggal), William Henry, 1st Baron
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died March 16, 1963, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Eng.
British economist.
He took a lifelong interest in the problem of unemployment and served as director of labour exchanges (1909–16). He directed the London School of Economics (1919–37), then became master of University College,
Oxford (1937–45). Invited by the government to become the architect of the new British
welfare state, he helped shape Britain's social policies and institutions through the Beveridge Report (1942). His books included
Insurance for All (1924),
Full Employment in a Free Society (1944), and
Pillars of Security (1948).
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