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Alexander Cairncross

British economist (1911-1998) · United Kingdom · Academics · Died at 87

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Sir Alexander Kirkland Cairncross, known as Sir Alec Cairncross, was a British economist. He was the brother of the Soviet spy John Cairncross and father of journalist Frances Cairncross and public health engineer and epidemiologist Sandy Cairncross.

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Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Fellow of the British Academy
Honorary doctor of the University of Exeter
Honorary doctorate of the University of Glasgow

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Sibling: John Cairncross

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Country
United Kingdom
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1911 to 1998 · aged 87

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