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COHEN, Reuben Kelf-, 1895-1981, economist


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0097 COLL MISC 0677

Held at: British Library of Political and Economic Science

Title: COHEN, Reuben Kelf-, 1895-1981, economist

Date(s): c1960

Level of description: collection

Extent: 1 folder

Name of creator(s): Cohen | Reuben | Kelf- | 1895-1981 | economist

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Administrative/Biographical history:

Reuben Kelf-Cohen (1905-1978) was educated at Manchester Grammar School and Wadham College, Oxford. He served in the Royal Field Artillery during World War One (1914-1918). In 1920 he entered the Board of Education. from 1924 to 1939 he was Tutorial Class Tutor, London University. He was a member of the Board of Trade 1925-1941, the Petroleum Department 1941-1942, and Principal Assistant Secretary (Gas and Electricity) at the Ministry of Fuel and Power, 1942-1945. From 1946 to 1955 he was Under-Secretary at the Ministry. Kelf-Cohen was also Director of the East Indian Produce company 1955-1959, and Visiting Lecturer at St. Andrews University, 1970, and University College, Aberystwyth, 1971. His publications include: Nationalisation in Britain: the end of a dogma (1958); To whom is nationalized industry responsible? (1959); Twenty years of nationalisation: the British experience (1969).

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Autobiography, mainly relating to his civil service career and containing information on energy policy and nationalisation.

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Language/scripts of material: English

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Archivist's note: Output from CAIRS using template 14 and checked by hand on May 8, 2002

Date(s) of descriptions: 8 May 2002


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Civil service | Central government | Public administration | Government
Nationalization | Economic policy
Energy policy

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Cohen | Reuben | Kelf- | 1895-1981 | economist x Kelf-Cohen | Reuben

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