Christopher Louis Colclough (10 July 1946 – 28 June 2017) was a British

development economist Development economics is a branch of economics which deals with economic aspects of the development process in low- and middle- income countries. Its focus is not only on methods of promoting economic development, economic growth and structural ...

and academic, who specialised in education in

developing countries A developing country is a sovereign state with a lesser developed industrial base and a lower Human Development Index (HDI) relative to other countries. However, this definition is not universally agreed upon. There is also no clear agreem ...

. Colclough was director, Centre for Education and International Development, and Commonwealth Professor of Education and Development, Faculty of Education,

University of Cambridge , mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge. , established = , other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...

. He also was a life fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. Following a series of gifts and bequests from Professor Colclough, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge instituted a

Christopher Colclough Studentship Christopher is the English version of a Europe-wide name derived from the Greek name Χριστόφορος (''Christophoros'' or '' Christoforos''). The constituent parts are Χριστός (''Christós''), "Christ" or "Anointed", and φέρει� ...

to support students of the college undertaking graduate studies in the

humanities Humanities are academic disciplines that study aspects of human society and culture. In the Renaissance, the term contrasted with divinity and referred to what is now called classics, the main area of secular study in universities at the t ...

and

social sciences Social science is one of the branches of science, devoted to the study of societies and the relationships among individuals within those societies. The term was formerly used to refer to the field of sociology, the original "science of soci ...

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1946 births 2017 deaths British development economists Academics of the University of Cambridge {{UK-economist-stub