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Robert Skidelsky
British economist and author
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dead
- born
- 1939
- died
- 2026
- age at death
- 86
- known for
- politician, economist, historian
1939 – 2026

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who robert skidelsky is
Robert Jacob Alexander Skidelsky, Baron Skidelsky, was a British economic historian, author and crossbench life peer in the House of Lords. He is best known for his award-winning three-volume biography of John Maynard Keynes, regarded as the definitive study of the economist's life and work. Educated at Jesus College, Oxford, he held academic posts in history and political economy at several universities and was Emeritus Professor of Political Economy at the University of Warwick.
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