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| Born | February 13, 1900 London |
| Died | March 8, 1978 (aged 78) Holt, Norfolk |
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
| Alma mater | New College, Oxford |
| Contributions | Harrod–Domar model |
Sir Henry Roy Forbes Harrod (February 13, 1900 – March 8, 1978) was an English economist. He is best known for his biography of John Maynard Keynes and the development of the Harrod–Domar model, which he and Evsey Domar developed independently. He is also known for his International Economics, a former standard textbook, the first edition of which contained some observations and ruminations (wanting in subsequent editions) that would foreshadow theories developed independently by later scholars (such as the Balassa-Samuelson effect).
Born in London[1] he attended St Pauls and then Westminster School. Harrod attended New College in Oxford on a history scholarship. After a brief period in the Artillery in 1918 he gained a first in "literae humaniores" in 1921, and a first in modern history the following year. Afterwards he spent some time in 1922 at King's College, Cambridge. It was there that he met and befriended Keynes.
After moving back to Oxford, he became a Student (i.e. Fellow) and Tutor in economics at Christ Church. He held the fellowship in modern history and economics until 1967. He was still in contact with Keynes and was later his biographer. He was additionally a Fellow at Nuffield College 1938 to 1947 and from 1954 to 1958.
He married Wilhelmine Cresswell (Billa), step-daughter of General Peter Strickland, in 1938.[2]
During the Second World War, he was briefly in Winston Churchill's "S branch" - a statistical section within the Admiralty.
After retiring in 1967, he moved to Holt, Norfolk
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