Michael Vivian Posner (25 August 1931 – 14 February 2006) was a University of Cambridge economics lecturer turned government adviser, who later worked to safeguard social science research in the United Kingdom.

Biography

Posner was born to Jack and Lena Posner. His father, originally a cabinet-maker, had immigrated from Russia to escape pogroms against the Jewish community. Posner’s maternal grandparents had also fled European persecution. He grew up in Ilford. After World War II the family settled in Croydon, where Posner attended Whitgift School. He then went to

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. In 1953, Posner married linguist Rebecca Reynolds. Together they had two children: a son, Christopher, and a daughter, Barbara.Rebecca Posner, former Fellow of the College, has died at 88
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. Retrieved 7 August 2018.

Works

* Posner, Michael V. (1961), International Trade and Technical Change, in: Oxford Economic Papers, Jahrgang 13, Nr. 3, 1961, S. 323–341.

External links

Times Obituary

References

1931 births 2006 deaths Academics of the University of Cambridge British economists Commanders of the Order of the British Empire People educated at Whitgift School {{UK-economist-stub