London School of Economics and Political Science
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The London School of Economics and Political Science, often called the LSE, is one of the world's major specialist universities in economics and social sciences. It has had perhaps more impact on the shape of the modern political world than any other university institution. It was founded in 1895 by Beatrice and Sidney Webb. It is a constituent college of the University of London.
The LSE is located on Houghton Street in London, off the Aldwych. The school is regarded as a major centre of political debate and includes among its alumni 80 members of the lower and upper houses of the UK government and 30 past or present heads of states. A quarter of all the Nobel prizes awarded in economics have been closely connected with LSE, and the School is also regarded as a pace-maker in the study of international relations, social philosophy,anthropology, sociology, and social policy.
Noted alumni
- (Alumni who also served as faculty included)
- Oscar Arias (President of Costa Rica and Nobel prize winner)
- George Bernard Shaw (Nobel prize winner)
- Ralph Bunche (Nobel prize winner)
- Bertrand Russell (Nobel prize winner)
- Philip Noel-Baker (Nobel prize winner)
- Sir John Hicks (Nobel prize winner)
- Friedrich von Hayek (Nobel prize winner)
- James Meade (Nobel prize winner)
- Arthur Lewis (Nobel prize winner)
- Merton Miller (Nobel prize winner)
- Ronald Coase (Nobel prize winner)
- Amartya Sen (Nobel prize winner)
- Robert Mundell (Nobel prize winner)
- George Akerlof (Nobel prize winner)
- John F. Kennedy (US President)
- Romano Prodi (Italian prime minister)
- Cherie Booth QC (wife of Tony Blair)
- Edwina Currie (politician, author, radio presenter)
- Mick Jagger (Musician)
- Carlos the Jackal (criminal)
- Sir David Attenborough (TV Presenter)
- Robert Kilroy (TV Presenter)
- George Soros (Billionaire)
- Mervyn Allister King (Governor of the Bank of England)
- Pierre Elliott Trudeau (Canadian Prime Minister)
- Haakon Magnus (Crown Prince of Norway)
External links
References
- Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "London_School_of_Economics_and_Political_Science" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_School_of_Economics_and_Political_Science, used under the GNU Free Documentation License
