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William Brown (trade Unionist)
William Brown may refer to: Academics *William Brown (industrial relations expert) (1945–2019), British academic, Master of Darwin College, Cambridge *William Brown (plant pathologist) (1888–1975), British mycologist and plant pathologist *William Brown (psychologist) (1881–1952), British psychologist * William Fuller Brown Jr. (1904–1983), American physicist * W. G. Brown, Canadian mathematician * William Harvey Brown (1862–1913), American naturalist *William Jethro Brown (1868–1930), Australian jurist and professor of law * William L. Brown (geneticist) (1913–1991), American geneticist *W. Norman Brown (1892–1975), American Indologist and Sanskritist *William Yancey Brown (born 1948), American zoologist and attorney Sportspeople Association football *William Brown (footballer, born 1865), English footballer *William Brown (footballer, born 1874) (1874–1940), English footballer and cricketer *William Brown (footballer, born 1876), Scottish footballer *William Bro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Brown (industrial Relations Expert)
William Arthur Brown, CBE (22 April 1945 – 1 August 2019), also known as Willie Brown, was an academic specialising in the field of industrial relations, who served as Master of Darwin College, Cambridge. Education and academic career Brown was born in Leeds, where his father Arthur Joseph Brown, CBE, FBA (1914–2003) was Professor of Economics (1947–1979) and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (1975–1977) at the University of Leeds . After attending Leeds Grammar School and graduating from Wadham College, Oxford, Brown worked at the National Board for Prices and Incomes as an economic assistant. From there he went to the new University of Warwick, moving to the Economic and Social Research Council's Industrial Relations Research Unit when it was established at Warwick in 1970. Ten years later he became its Director. In 1985 Brown was elected as a Fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge and also became the fourth Montague Burton Professor of Industrial Relations at the University of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |