About Eric Wyndham White
Lived 1913 – 1980 (aged 67). Eric Wyndham White was a British economist, lawyer, diplomat, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary, political economist and jurist.
Sir Eric Wyndham White KCMG (1913–1980) was a British administrator and economist. He was founder and first executive secretary of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade between 1948 and 1965. He was the first director-general of General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade from 1965 to 1968.
Born on 26 January 1913, White was educated at the Westminster City School and the London School of Economics. He graduated as a LLB with first class honours and in 1938 was called to the bar by the Middle Temple.
White died aged 67 on 27 January 1980 in France after suffering a heart attack while swimming.
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Who was Eric Wyndham White?
English economist (1913–1980)
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Eric Wyndham White was born on 26 January 1913.
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Eric Wyndham White died on 27 January 1980 in France.
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Eric Wyndham White was an economist, lawyer, diplomat, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary, political economist and jurist.
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Eric Wyndham White was British.
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