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Hugh Clegg (other)
Hugh Clegg may refer to: * Hugh Clegg (academic) (1920–1995), British academic * Hugh Clegg (physician) (1900–1983), British medical doctor See also * Hugh Cleghorn (other) {{Hndis, Clegg, Hugh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Clegg (academic)
Hugh Armstrong Clegg (22 May 1920 – 9 December 1995) was a British academic who was a founder of the "National Board for Prices and Incomes" (1965–71) and later presided over the "Standing Commission on Pay Comparability" set up by James Callaghan in 1979. Clegg was born in Truro. Educated at the Methodist Kingswood School, he rebelled by becoming a Communist for a period in his youth, but gained a scholarship to study Classics at Magdalen College, Oxford University; he then served for five years in the army during the Second World War. After returning to Oxford, where he gained a first class degree in PPE in 1947, he was persuaded by G. D. H. Cole to take up the study of industrial relations. He became a fellow of Nuffield College in 1949. In 1965 he was appointed to the " Royal commission on Trade Unions and Employers' Associations" (also known as the "Donovan Commission") set up by the Labour government under Harold Wilson to seek solutions to the problem of strikes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Clegg (physician)
Hugh Anthony Clegg CBE FRCP (19 June 1900 – 6 July 1983) was a British medical doctor. He was editor of the '' British Medical Journal'' from 1947 to 1965. He was awarded the Gold Medal of the British Medical Association in 1966 and was appointed a CBE in the same year. Early life Born in St Ives, then in Huntingdonshire, Clegg was the son of the Rev. John Clegg and Gertrude Wilson. His father, a clergyman and schoolmaster who became the head of Lowestoft College in East Anglia, taught him classical languages, and Clegg gained scholarships at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge.Hugh Anthony Clegg obituary at rcplondon.ac.uk, accessed 13 July 2016 He had two older brothers, Arnold (born 1896) and John (born 1898). In 1901, the family moved to [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |