Monarch George VI Succeeded by Walter Adams Died January 2, 1991 | Name Sydney Caine Preceded by E. Taylors | |
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Preceded by Sir Alexander Carr-Saunders Born 27 June 1902 ( 1902-06-27 ) Alma mater London School of Economics Education London School of Economics and Political Science Books British universities, Paying for TV?, University Independence: The Main Questions | ||
Sir Sydney Caine, KCMG (27 June 1902 – 2 January 1991) was an educator and economist.
Career
He was the Financial Secretary of Hong Kong from 1937 to 1940. He was appointed the director of the LSE between 1957 and 1967. He was an alumnus of the LSE, and, before his appointment as director of the school, he was a well-known economist who had acted as a consultant for the World Bank for a period of time and had worked as a diplomat, being appointed minister at the British Embassy in Washington, US. Between 1952 and 1957 he was the vice-chancellor of the University of Malaya in Singapore.
Between 1963 and 1970 he was the chairman of the governing board of the UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning.
References
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