William Albert Samuel Hewins (11 May 1865 – 17 November 1931) was a British economist and Conservative politician.[1] In 1895, he was appointed by Sidney Webb as the first Director of the London School of Economics, a post he held until 1903.[2]
William Hewins | |
|---|---|
 William Hewins circa 1900 | |
| Born | 11 May 1865 |
| Died | 17 November 1931 (aged 66) |
| Academic career | |
| Field | Economics |
Family and education
editHewins was the son of Samuel Hewins, an iron merchant. He was educated at Wolverhampton Grammar School and Pembroke College, University of Oxford. He graduated with a degree in mathematics and later worked as a university extension lecturer.
Politics
editHewins resigned from teaching to work for Joseph Chamberlain and his campaign for tariff reform. He unsuccessfully contested Shipley in 1910 and Middleton in 1912 but was successfully returned to Parliament for Hereford in a 1912 by-election. He served in the coalition government of David Lloyd George as Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1917 to 1919. He retired from the House of Commons before the 1918 general election.[1]
He was invited to represent Tory opinions as a member of the Coefficients dining club of social reformers, formed by Sidney and Beatrice Webb in 1902.[3]
In later life Hewins wrote articles [4] for the Encyclopædia Britannica and the Dictionary of National Biography.[5] He also published among other works Trade in Balance (1924), Empire Restored (1927), and the Apologia of an Imperialist (1929).[1]
He died on 17 November 1931, at age 66.
Private life
editHe married Margaret Slater in 1892 and they had three children. Their daughter was Nancy Hewins who was a theatre director. She founded the first British all-woman set of players.[6]
References
edit- ^ a b c "William Hewins". British History > History of Socialism. Spartacus Educational. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
- ^ "LSE's first Director – William Hewins".
- ^ Gollin, Alfred M. (1984). No Longer an Island: Britain and the Wright Brothers, 1902–1909. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. p. 231. ISBN 978-0804712651.
- ^ Hewins, William Albert Samuel (1911). . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 08 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 899–910.
- ^ – via Wikisource.
- ^ "Hewins, (Margaret) Nancy (1902–1978), theatre director and actress". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/56707. Retrieved 31 October 2020. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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