Economist John Kenneth Galbraith

John Kenneth Galbraith

Living place: Canada

Birthday: 15-10-1908

Global rank: #51670

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Who is Economist John Kenneth Galbraith?
Harvard economist who wrote the best-selling trilogy of American capitalism (1952), The Wealthy Society (1958), and The New Industrial State (1967). He also served as editor of Fortune magazine and had a career as a United States diplomat, serving as the United States Ambassador to India during John F. Kennedy's presidency.
Britain in 1946 received the Medal of Freedom. Nearly five decades later, he was also awarded the Medal of Freedom.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He studied agricultural economics at the University of Toronto and later received a PhD in the same field from the University of California-Berkeley. During the 1930s, he taught at Harvard University.

Family life info

He was born in Ontario, Canada to Sarah Catherine Kendall and Archibald Galbraith. He has four sons with his wife, Catherine Merriam Atwater, to whom he has been married for nearly seven decades.

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He has worked as a US diplomat under many democratic administrations, including Harry S. Truman.

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When was Economist John Kenneth Galbraith born?
John Kenneth Galbraith was born in 15-10-1908, death year is , at the age of 116.
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John Kenneth Galbraith was born in . is a Economist, whose Zodiac is Libra, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Monkey. John Kenneth Galbraith's global rank is 51670 and whose rank is 9 in list of famous Economist.
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Events in 1908 and 15-10

Events in the world in the birth year of John Kenneth Galbraith

  • Earthquake and resulting tsunami kill 70,000 to 100,000 in southern Italy and Sicily.
  • Petroleum production starts in Middle East.
  • Mysterious Siberian explosion levels hundreds of square miles of forest. Explanations include a comet, meteorite, natural atomic explosion, or crashed UFO.

Birthday John Kenneth Galbraith (15-10) in history

  • Day 15-10 year 1860: Eleven-year-old Grace Bedell of Westfield, N.Y., wrote a letter to presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln, suggesting he could improve his appearance by growing a beard.
  • Day 15-10 year 1914: With the support of President Wilson, the Clayton Antitrust Act, which made it illegal for companies to buy competitors' stock, was passed.
  • Day 15-10 year 1917: Mata Hari, World War I spy, was executed by a firing squad in Vincennes, France.
  • Day 15-10 year 1951: I Love Lucy, starring Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, had its television debut.
  • Day 15-10 year 1964: It was announced that Nikita Khruschev was removed from his positions as premier and secretary of the Communist Party of the USSR.
  • Day 15-10 year 1966: The U.S. Department of Transportation was created.
  • Day 15-10 year 1989: Wayne Gretzky topped Gordie Howe's NHL scoring record.
  • Day 15-10 year 1991: Clarence Thomas got a narrow (52–48) Senate confirmation of his nomination to the Supreme Court.
  • Day 15-10 year 1993: Nelson Mandela and F. W. de Klerk were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their work to end apartheid in South Africa.
  • Day 15-10 year 2003: China became the third country to launch a staffed space mission.
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