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Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth

1914 - 1981

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Barbara Mary Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth, (23 May 1914 – 31 May 1981) was a British economist and writer interested in the problems of developing countries. She urged Western governments to share their prosperity with the rest of the world and in the 1960s turned her attention to environmental questions as well. She was an early advocate of sustainable development before this term became familiar and was well known as a journalist, lecturer and broadcaster. Ward was adviser to policymakers in the UK, United States and elsewhere. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth is the 3,750th most popular writer (up from 6,592nd in 2019), the 2,969th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,935th in 2019) and the 339th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth ranks 3,750 out of 7,302. Before her are Abd al-Rahman al-Kawakibi, Arator, Mercedes de Acosta, Teresa de Lauretis, Antonio Beccadelli, and Maurice Paléologue. After her are Cotton Mather, Vitsentzos Kornaros, Mikheil Javakhishvili, André Aciman, Peter Cheyney, and Ella Maillart.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth ranks 224. Before her are Edmund Muskie, Bertus Aafjes, Viktor Grishin, Dobri Dobrev, Orhan Veli Kanık, and B. R. Chopra. After her are Christl Cranz, Norman McLaren, Luis Mariano, Robert Herman, Jacques Dufilho, and Dorothy Lamour. Among people deceased in 1981, Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth ranks 143. Before her are Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling, Philippe Étancelin, Pedro Henrique of Orléans-Braganza, Robert Montgomery, Terry Fox, and Gerhard Marcks. After her are Allan Dwan, Arthur O'Connell, Ivan Galamian, Evsei Liberman, Rosa Ponselle, and Rudolf Krčil.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth ranks 2,970 out of 8,785. Before her are James B. Francis (1815), Richard Swinburne (1934), Stafford Beer (1926), Phyllida Law (1932), Ernest Marsden (1889), and Carl Cox (1962). After her are Lulu (1948), Amelia Dyer (1837), David Johnson (1951), Mary Beale (1633), Limahl (1958), and William Hunter (1718).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth ranks 339. Before her are Ian Rankin (1960), Mary Sidney (1561), Leslie Stephen (1832), Georgette Heyer (1902), Anthony Berkeley Cox (1893), and Anthony Hope (1863). After her are Peter Cheyney (1896), John Ford (1586), Patrick Leigh Fermor (1915), Peter Mayle (1939), Nancy Mitford (1904), and Hilary Mantel (1952).

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