R. H. Tawney

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Christian socialist economic historian human social critic

R. H. Tawney was a prominent British economic historian, Christian socialist, and social critic known for his influential analyses of religion, capitalism, and social inequality.

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instanceOf Christian socialist ⓘ
economic historian ⓘ
human ⓘ
social critic ⓘ
awardReceived The Order of the Companions of Honour ⓘ
surface form: Companion of Honour
countryOfCitizenship England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1880-11-30 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1962-01-16 ⓘ
educatedAt Balliol College, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rugby School ⓘ
employer London School of Economics ⓘ
familyName Tawney ⓘ
fieldOfWork Christian socialism ⓘ
economic history ⓘ
political theory ⓘ
social history ⓘ
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surface form: Richard Henry Tawney
givenName Henry ⓘ
Richard ⓘ
influenced labour movement ⓘ
surface form: British Labour movement

welfare state thought in the United Kingdom ⓘ
influencedBy British idealism ⓘ
Christian ethics ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
mainInterest economic justice ⓘ
education policy ⓘ
relationship between religion and capitalism ⓘ
social inequality ⓘ
memberOf Fabian Society ⓘ
Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
movement British socialism ⓘ
Christian socialism ⓘ
notableIdea critique of acquisitive society ⓘ
ethical socialism ⓘ
notableWork Business and Politics Under James I ⓘ
Equality ⓘ
Land and Labour in China ⓘ
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism ⓘ
surface form: Religion and the Rise of Capitalism

The Acquisitive Society ⓘ
The Agrarian Problem in the Sixteenth Century ⓘ
occupation academic ⓘ
economic historian ⓘ
essayist ⓘ
historian ⓘ
social critic ⓘ
participatedIn World War I ⓘ
surface form: First World War
placeOfBirth British India ⓘ
Calcutta ⓘ
Calcutta ⓘ
surface form: Kolkata
placeOfDeath England ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

United Kingdom ⓘ
positionHeld Professor of Economic History at the London School of Economics ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Jeanette Tawney ⓘ

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