Carr-Saunders, Sir Alexander Morris 1886-1966
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Born 1886 · died 1966
Sir Alexander Morris Carr-Saunders, was an English biologist, sociologist, academic, and academic administrator. He was Director of the London School of Economics from 1937 to 1957.
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Papers including research papers and correspondence.
Carr-Saunders Papers, British Library of Political and Economic Science (BLPES).
Correspondents
WILLIAM HENRY BEVERIDGE, Correspondence 1923-49, Beveridge Papers, BLPES
JULIAN SORRELL HUXLEY, Correspondence 1908-65, Huxley Papers, Woodson Research Center, Rice University
JAMES EDWARD MEADE, Correspondence 1932 and 1964, Meade Papers, BLPES
LIONEL CHARLES ROBBINS, Correspondence 1937-58, Robbins Papers, BLPES
RICHARD HENRY TAWNEY, Correspondence 1945-9, Tawney Papers, BLPES
SOCIETY FOR PROTECTION OF SCIENCE AND LEARNING, Correspondence 1935-66, Society for Protection of Science and Learning Papers, Special Collections and Western Manuscripts, Bodleian Library, Oxford
Printed material
ODNB; E.H. Phelps Brown, ‘Sir Alexander Morris Carr-Saunders, 1886-1966’, Proceedings of the British Academy 53 (1967) 379-89
Portraits
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE); photograph in Ralf Dahrendorf, LSE: A history of the London School of Economics and Political Science (Oxford, 1995)