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- [1950-1990] (Creation)
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126 boxes and 1 large box
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Born 1916; educated at Stowe School, the Institute of Actuaries and the London School of Economics; Researcher and Lecturer, Oxford University Institute of Statistics, 1941-1946; Statistician, Ministry of Home Security, 1943-1944; Statistician, 1947-1952, and Chief Statistician, 1952-1968, Central Statistical Office, 1947-1968; External Examiner in Statistics, London, 1951-1956, and Manchester, 1958-1960; Simon Research Fellow, Manchester University, 1962-1963; Chief Economic Advisor to the Department of Health and Social Security and to successive Secretaries of State for Social Services, 1968-1976; Associate Professor of Quantitative Economics, Brunel University, 1972-1974; Senior Leverhulme Fellowship, 1977; Senior Fellow, Policy Studies Institute, 1977-1983; Rockefeller Fellowship, 1984; Fellow, Royal Statistical Society, 1940 (Member of Council, 1961-1966); Member, Econometric Society, 1951-1971; died 1990. Publications: Redistribution of Income in the United Kingdom in 1959, 1957 & 1953 (Bowes & Bowes, London, 1965); The interim index of industrial production (HMSO, 1949); The assessment of poverty (HMSO, 1979).
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GB 0097 NICHOLSON [1950-1990] Collection (fonds) 126 boxes and 1 large box Nicholson , John Leonard , 1916-1990 , statistician
Born 1916; educated at Stowe School, the Institute of Actuaries and the London School of Economics; Researcher and Lecturer, Oxford University Institute of Statistics, 1941-1946; Statistician, Ministry of Home Security, 1943-1944; Statistician, 1947-1952, and Chief Statistician, 1952-1968, Central Statistical Office, 1947-1968; External Examiner in Statistics, London, 1951-1956, and Manchester, 1958-1960; Simon Research Fellow, Manchester University, 1962-1963; Chief Economic Advisor to the Department of Health and Social Security and to successive Secretaries of State for Social Services, 1968-1976; Associate Professor of Quantitative Economics, Brunel University, 1972-1974; Senior Leverhulme Fellowship, 1977; Senior Fellow, Policy Studies Institute, 1977-1983; Rockefeller Fellowship, 1984; Fellow, Royal Statistical Society, 1940 (Member of Council, 1961-1966); Member, Econometric Society, 1951-1971; died 1990. Publications: Redistribution of Income in the United Kingdom in 1959, 1957 & 1953 (Bowes & Bowes, London, 1965); The interim index of industrial production (HMSO, 1949); The assessment of poverty (HMSO, 1979).
Given by the family, via the Suntory-Toyota International Centre for Economics and Related Disciplines (STICERD), in 1991.
Papers of John Leonard Nicholson, [1950-1990], relating to his work as a statistician, notably in the Central Statistical Office, and as Economic Adviser to the Department of Health and Social Security.
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Copyright is held by STICERD. No documents may be photocopied.
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The British Library of Political and Economic Science also holds material relating to John Nicholson in the papers of the Royal Economic Society (Ref: RES 6/1/350).
Sources: Who's Who 1897-1996 (A & C Black, 1996); British Library On-Line Public Access Catalogue 97; Historical Manuscripts Commission National Register of Archives. Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. Feb 2001 Central Statistical Office DHSS , Department of Health and Social Security x Department of Health and Social Security Nicholson , John Leonard , 1916-1990 , statistician Statistics
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Given by the family, via the Suntory-Toyota International Centre for Economics and Related Disciplines (STICERD), in 1991.
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Papers of John Leonard Nicholson, [1950-1990], relating to his work as a statistician, notably in the Central Statistical Office, and as Economic Adviser to the Department of Health and Social Security.
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Copyright is held by STICERD. No documents may be photocopied.
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- English
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- Latin
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English
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The British Library of Political and Economic Science also holds material relating to John Nicholson in the papers of the Royal Economic Society (Ref: RES 6/1/350).
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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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- English