George William Jones
George William Jones OBE (4 February 1938 – 14 April 2017)[1] was emeritus professor of government at the London School of Economics and the biographer, with Bernard Donoughue, of Herbert Morrison.[2][3][4][5]
Jones was a longtime member of the Greater London Group at LSE and in time became co-chair of it.[6]
He was appointed OBE in the 1999 Birthday Honours for services to the National Consumer Council.
Selected publications
[edit]- Herbert Morrison: Portrait of a Politician. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, 1973.
- "The Prime Ministers' Secretaries: Politicians or Administrators?" in J.G. Griffith (ed.), From Politics to Administration. Allen and Unwin, London, 1975.
- West European Prime Ministers. Frank Cass, London, 1991. (Editor)
- At the Centre of Whitehall. Macmillan, Basingstoke, 1998. (With J.M. Lee & J. Burnham).
- At Power's Elbow: Aides to the Prime Minister from Robert Walpole to David Cameron. Biteback Publishing, London, 2013. (With Andrew Blick)
References
[edit]- ^ "George Jones obituary". The Guardian. 26 April 2017. Archived from the original on 25 January 2023.
- ^ "Professor George Jones | Register | The Times & The Sunday Times". Thetimes.co.uk. 16 April 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
- ^ Professor George Jones. "Profile - Experts - Research and expertise - Home". Lse.ac.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
- ^ "Professor George W Jones". Gresham.ac.uk. 24 May 2010. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
- ^ Professor George Jones. History of Government gov.uk Retrieved 18 April 2017.
- ^ Travers, Tony (19 April 2017). "Emeritus Professor George Jones". London School of Economics.
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