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Beatrice Webb

1858 - 1943

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Martha Beatrice Webb, Baroness Passfield, (née Potter; 22 January 1858 – 30 April 1943) was an English sociologist, economist, feminist and social reformer. She was among the founders of the London School of Economics and played a crucial role in forming the Fabian Society. Additionally, she authored several popular books, with her most notable being The Co-operative Movement in Great Britain and Industrial Democracy, co-authored by her husband Sidney Webb, 1st Baron Passfield, where she coined the term "collective bargaining" as a way to discuss the negotiation process between an employer and a labor union. As a feminist and social reformer, she criticised the exclusion of women from various occupations as well as campaigning for the unionisation of female workers, pushing for legislation that allowed for better hours and conditions. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Beatrice Webb is the 78th most popular economist (up from 320th in 2019), the 814th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,791st in 2019) and the 13th most popular British Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Beatrice Webb ranks 78 out of 414. Before her are Thorstein Veblen, Gérard Debreu, James Tobin, Robert Solow, Murray Rothbard, and Finn E. Kydland. After her are Tjalling Koopmans, Oliver E. Williamson, Albert O. Hirschman, James M. Buchanan, Cornelius Castoriadis, and Eugen Dühring.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1858, Beatrice Webb ranks 27. Before her are Princess Louise of Belgium, Marie Bashkirtseff, Keke Geladze, Ludwig Quidde, Eugène Dubois, and Eugène Ysaÿe. After her are Kang Youwei, Mihajlo Pupin, Eleonora Duse, Giovanni Segantini, Lovis Corinth, and John A. Hobson. Among people deceased in 1943, Beatrice Webb ranks 27. Before her are Nikolai Vavilov, Alexandre Yersin, Maurice Denis, Max Wertheimer, Max Reinhardt, and Julius Fučík. After her are Jean Moulin, Gustav Vigeland, Etty Hillesum, Otto Jespersen, Infanta Maria Josepha of Portugal, and Hans Scholl.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Beatrice Webb ranks 814 out of 8,785. Before her are Ian Paice (1948), Ronald Fisher (1890), Wentworth Miller (1972), Stephen Graham (1973), Lady Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton (1850), and Richard Francis Burton (1821). After her are Mackenzie Bowell (1823), Douglas Adams (1952), Thomas Wolsey (1473), Thomas Cranmer (1489), Annie Besant (1847), and Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne (1862).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United Kingdom

Among economists born in United Kingdom, Beatrice Webb ranks 13. Before her are John Law (1671), John Hicks (1904), William Petty (1623), Ronald Coase (1910), Lionel Robbins (1898), and Benjamin Graham (1894). After her are William Stanley Jevons (1835), Richard Stone (1913), John A. Hobson (1858), James Meade (1907), Arthur Cecil Pigou (1877), and Thomas Mun (1571).

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