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argument plus Galton's eugenics as the theoretical framework for a quantitative analysis of population dynamics. The population problem arose -according to Carr-Saunders hypothesis- from the fact of having high reproductive rates among
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Anker, Peder. 2001. Imperial Ecology: Environmental order in the British Empire, 1895-1945. Harvard University Press, pp. 101ff
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for the engineering of society into a better condition. He became the secretary of the
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Carr-Saunders Sir Alexander Morris 1886 - 1966 Kt Sociologist and Director of LSE
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endangered the standard of living of races bearing higher qualities. Unlike
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Concerned about all kinds of social ills and problems, he saw a solution in
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Carr-Saunders was married and lived at a 16th-century mansion,
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broke out in 1914, he attempted to obtain a commission in the
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Carr-Saunders was one of the mentors of the animal ecologist
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in 1923. In 1936, he was appointed the first Chair of the
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In 1937, he was appointed to succeed Sir 1125: 1108:Director of the London School of Economics 1089: 481:. He was then posted to a ration depot at 331:(14 January 1886 – 6 October 1966) was an 53: 31: 1081:Works by or about Alexander Carr-Saunders 882:"The history of the PIC and the archives" 485:, Egypt, due to the high standard of his 805:(Supplement). 21 May 1918. p. 6047. 541:with low mental and physical qualities. 473:. He spent the first year of the war in 469:, but was instead commissioned into the 739:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 690: 496:on 12 December 1914, and to temporary 1197:British Army personnel of World War I 414:Carr-Saunders remained a year at the 7: 1000:. 15 March 1946. pp. 1387–1388. 1237:Alumni of University College London 563:resulted in his appointment to the 1232:Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford 1031:Nunn, Jonathan (23 January 2024). 573:Population Investigation Committee 316:Sir Alexander Morris Carr-Saunders 25: 1202:Royal Army Service Corps officers 857:. British Academy. Archived from 816:Carr-Saunders, Alexander (1922). 645:. In 1946, he was also elected a 27:British sociologist and biologist 1068: 633:, Carr-Saunders was appointed a 606:For his military service during 258: 240: 1217:People educated at Eton College 940:Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) 912:Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) 1192:Fellows of the British Academy 1182:Military personnel from Surrey 1075:Alexander Morris Carr-Saunders 785:. 5 January 1915. p. 154. 585:Royal Commission on Population 426:. He left in 1910 to join the 366:, England. He was educated at 125:Alexander Morris Carr-Saunders 18:Alexander Morris Carr-Saunders 1: 649:(FBA), and awarded the first 647:Fellow of the British Academy 763:UK public library membership 710:, accessed 8 September 2011. 663:Order of the British Empire 36:Sir Alexander Carr-Saunders 1258: 581:London School of Economics 447:Eugenics Education Society 348:London School of Economics 1150: 1141: 1135: 1128: 1114: 1105: 1097: 1092: 822:. Oxford: Clarendon Press 567:of Social Science at the 428:University College London 346:. He was Director of the 309: 111: 76: 64: 52: 675:Water Eaton, Oxfordshire 471:Royal Army Service Corps 467:London Scottish Regiment 390:. He graduated from the 294:Royal Army Service Corps 204:Magdalen College, Oxford 855:British Academy Fellows 677:, age 52, when his son 669:Personal life and death 569:University of Liverpool 59:Carr-Saunders in c.1960 1144:20th Baron of Traquair 1138:19th Baron of Traquair 748:10.1093/ref:odnb/32308 561:The Population Problem 530:The Population Problem 344:academic administrator 641:during a ceremony at 489:. He was promoted to 401:(BA) degree in 1908. 272:Years of service 94:Sir William Beveridge 1242:British sociologists 1130:Baronage of Scotland 1093:Educational offices 1077:at Wikimedia Commons 589:University of Malaya 514:University of Oxford 500:on 27 January 1918. 416:University of Oxford 392:University of Oxford 164:Teresa Molyneux-Seel 1227:People from Reigate 1172:English eugenicists 728:Phelps Brown, Henry 579:as Director of the 565:Charles Booth Chair 556:The success of his 424:comparative anatomy 396:first class honours 350:from 1937 to 1957. 1017:The London Gazette 997:The London Gazette 977:The London Gazette 907:"Higher Education" 802:The London Gazette 782:The London Gazette 681:was born in 1938. 532:. The book used a 386:, specialising in 378:. 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Alexander Morris Carr-Saunders
KBE
FBA
Clack and white portrait photograph of an elderly Alexander Carr-Saunders
Director of the London School of Economics and Political Science
Sir William Beveridge
Sir Sydney Caine
Reigate
Surrey
Catherine Maxwell Stuart, 21st Lady of Traquair
Eton College
Alma mater
Magdalen College, Oxford
Knight Bachelor
FBA
KBE
United Kingdom
British Army
Captain
Royal Army Service Corps
World War I
KBE
FBA
English
biologist
sociologist
academic administrator
London School of Economics
Reigate
Surrey

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