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G. D. H. Cole

1889 - 1959

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George Douglas Howard Cole (25 September 1889 – 14 January 1959) was an English political theorist, economist, historian, and novelist. As a believer in common ownership of the means of production, he theorised guild socialism (production organised through worker guilds). He belonged to the Fabian Society and was an advocate for the co-operative movement. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. G. D. H. Cole is the 276th most popular economist (up from 367th in 2019), the 3,401st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,078th in 2019) and the 38th most popular British Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, G. D. H. Cole ranks 276 out of 414. Before him are Maurice Dobb, Aušra Augustinavičiūtė, Jérôme-Adolphe Blanqui, Alexander Gerschenkron, Deirdre McCloskey, and Philip H. Dybvig. After him are Arthur Laffer, James Wolfensohn, Shoshana Zuboff, Hernando de Soto Polar, Herman Daly, and Robert Barro.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, G. D. H. Cole ranks 205. Before him are János Garay, Pearl White, Richard O'Connor, Albert Hill, Clifton Webb, and Anita Malfatti. After him are Erwin Stresemann, Vladimir Sokoloff, Ostap Vyshnya, James L. Peters, Tryggvi Þórhallsson, and Vera Karalli. Among people deceased in 1959, G. D. H. Cole ranks 145. Before him are Friedrich Waismann, Walter Bathe, Max Gerson, Abdul Muis, Pierre Frieden, and Sténio Vincent. After him are Benjamin Christensen, Adolf Lindfors, Nazik al-Abid, Akaki Chkhenkeli, Antonio Campolo, and Preston Sturges.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, G. D. H. Cole ranks 3,402 out of 8,785. Before him are Thomas Bewick (1753), Carole Pateman (1940), Edith Evans (1888), Anne Treisman (1935), Thomas Gage (1719), and Pamela Colman Smith (1878). After him are Roy Jenkins (1920), Emil Voigt (1883), Jimmie Nicol (1939), Duncan Grant (1885), Geoff Bent (1932), and Alan Young (1919).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United Kingdom

Among economists born in United Kingdom, G. D. H. Cole ranks 38. Before him are James Steuart (1712), Mervyn King, Baron King of Lothbury (1948), Colin Clark (1905), Harold Laski (1893), Roy Harrod (1900), and Maurice Dobb (1900). After him are Nassau William Senior (1790), Thomas Hodgskin (1787), John Neville Keynes (1852), Robert Torrens (1780), James Wilson (1805), and Nicholas Stern, Baron Stern of Brentford (1946).

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