Keynes, John Neville

John Neville Keynes (1852-1949), political economist, was born at Salisbury, Wiltshire, on 31 August 1852. He was educated at Amersham Hall School, University College London and Pembroke College, Cambridge. He became a Fellow of U.C.L. in 1875, and of Pembroke in 1876. Keynes was university lecturer in moral science at Cambridge, 1884-1911, Secretary of the Local Examinations and Lectures Syndicate, 1892-1910, and University Registrary, 1910-1925. He died in Cambridge on 15 November 1949.

From the guide to the John Neville Keynes: Diaries and papers, 1840-1917, (Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives)

John Neville Keynes (1852-1949), Secretary of the Local Examinations Syndicate, 1892-1910, and University Registrary, 1910-1925.

From the guide to the John Neville Keynes: Correspondence, 1872-1918, (Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives)

John Neville Keynes was a Fellow of Pembroke College. He was Lecturer in Moral Science at the University of Cambridge 1883-1911 and Registrar 1910-1911. He was interested in insects and went to Europe to collect specimens with his son in the first part of the 20th century.

His son, Geoggrey Langdon Keynes, was a surgeon at St Bartholomew's College, London.

From the guide to the Entomological Diaries, 1901-1912, (University of Cambridge: Museum of Zoology)