Ward, Barbara, 1914-1981

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Dates:
Birth 1914-05-23
Death 1981-05-31

Biographical notes:

English economist, author, teacher, and lecturer; b. Barbara Ward and wrote under that name; married Robert Gillman Allen Jackson; made life peeress of House of Lords in 1976 with title Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth; d. 1981. Wrote on economic development, international economic relations, population policy, human ecology, and other subjects.

From the description of Barbara Ward collection, 1954-1968. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70969762

Economist, Albert Schweitzer Professor of Economic Development, Columbia University, 1968-1973.

Barbara Ward Jackson (Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth; Columbia University L.H.D., 1954) co-authored the book ONLY ONE EARTH; THE CARE AND MAINTENANCE OF A SMALL PLANET with bacteriologist, René Dubos. The book was commissioned by the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment and was funded principally by Columbia University's Albert Schweitzer Chair. The authors had the assistance of an international committee of corresponding consultants consisting of 152 individuals from 58 countries.

From the description of Barbara Ward recors, 1971-1973. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 496102598

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Subjects:

  • Publishers and publishing
  • Economic development
  • Economic literature
  • Economics
  • Environmental policy
  • Environmental protection
  • Human ecology
  • International economic relations
  • Population policy

Occupations:

  • Economics teachers
  • Economists
  • Women college teachers
  • Women economists

Places:

  • Great Britain (as recorded)