Michael Beesley Explained

Michael Edwin Beesley CBE (3 July 1924 – 24 September 1999) was a British industrial economist and briefly a Liberal Party politician.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Background

He was a son of Edwin and Kathleen Beesley. He was educated at King Edward VI Five Ways School, Birmingham, and Birmingham University. In 1947 he married Eileen Eleanor Yard. They had two daughters and three sons. In 1985 he was appointed a CBE.

Professional career

He became a research associate at Birmingham University in April 1947. In 1948 he undertook work on the economics side under the direction of Mr. Clive Williams for the Abercrombie-Jackson Town and Country Survey. He then resumed work at the university, where he was a member of the junior staff.^[4] He founded the Beesley lectures, an annual series of lectures on economic regulation.^[5]

Political career

He was the Liberal candidate for Birmingham King's Norton at the 1950 general election.^[6] He did not stand for parliament again.^[7]

Notes and References

1. ‘Beesley, Prof. Michael Edwin’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012 ; online edn, Nov 2012 accessed 9 April 2014
2. Web site: Michael Beesley. Christopher. Foster. October 8, 1999. www.theguardian.com.
3. Book: Foster, Christopher . Beesley, Michael Edwin (1924–1999) . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
4. The Times House of Commons, 1950
5. Web site: Beesley Lectures 2018 | 1. Regulation and investment in telecoms: Back to the future or brave new world?.
6. Who's Who of 475 Liberal Candidates fighting the 1950 General Election
7. British parliamentary election results 1950-1973, Craig, F.W.S.