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Maurice Harry Peston, Baron Peston (19 March 1931 – 23 April 2016) was a British economist and Labour life peer. His research interests included macroeconomic policy and the economics of education.
Growing up in the East End of London, Maurice Peston came from a modest working-class background — his father ran a business pleating women’s skirts — and he attended Hackney Downs School, a...
Apr 25, 2016 · A tribute to the late economist and public servant who founded the School of Economics and Finance at Queen Mary. Learn about his academic and policy achievements, his life peerage, and the Peston Lecture series.
Apr 23, 2016 · Maurice Harry Peston, Baron Peston was a British economist and Labour life peer. His research interests included macroeconomic policy and the economics of education.
Maurice Harry Peston, was born on the 19th March 1931 and died 23rd April 2016. He is survived by his wife Helen, whom he had known from when they were teenagers and whom he married in 1958. They had three children; Juliet, Ed and Robert of TV fame and two grandsons, Simon and Maximilian. Maurice […]
Mar 3, 1991 · Professor Maurice Harry Peston, Baron Peston was born on 19 March 1931. 2 He was the son of Abraham Peston and Yetta R. Malt. 2 He married Helen Conroy, daughter of Joseph Conroy, on 17 November 1958. 2 He died on 23 April 2016 at age 85. 3
Apr 25, 2016 · The British Humanist Association (BHA) has reacted with sadness to the news that its patron, Lord Peston, had died aged 85. Maurice Peston was a renowned economist who founded the economics department at Queen Mary College, London, where he retained the title of Emeritus Professor of Economics.
