Geoffrey Ingham | |
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Born | 1942[1] |
Occupation | Sociologist |
Known for | The Nature of Money |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of Leicester, University of Cambridge [1] |
Academic work | |
Institutions | University of Cambridge,University of Sussex,University of Leicester [1] |
Geoffrey Ingham is a British sociologist,political economist,and author of books on capitalism and money. [1]
Ingham was born in 1942,and read sociology at the University of Leicester,graduating in 1964. He attended Cambridge University as a postgraduate student,where he was awarded a Ph.D degree in 1968. After teaching at Sussex and Leicester Universities,he became a lecturer in the Faculty of Economics,Cambridge in 1971 and Fellow of Christ's College,Cambridge in 1972. [2] He was Reader in Sociology and Political Economy at Cambridge,and remains emeritus Professor at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Christ's [1] .