Hugh Dalton

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:King's_College,_Cambridge
gptkb:London_School_of_Economics
gptkbp:birthDate 1887-08-26
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Neath,_Wales
gptkbp:chancellorOfTheExchequer 1945-1947
gptkbp:createdPeerage 1960
gptkbp:deathDate 1962-02-13
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:education gptkb:Eton_College
gptkb:King's_College,_Cambridge
gptkb:London_School_of_Economics
gptkbp:father gptkb:John_Neale_Dalton
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Edward_Hugh_John_Neale_Dalton
gptkbp:honoraryDegree gptkb:Doctor_of_Science_(Economics),_University_of_London
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Hugh Dalton
gptkbp:influenced post-war Labour economic policy
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Alfred_Marshall
gptkb:Sidney_Webb
gptkbp:knownFor public finance theory
income inequality research
progressive taxation advocacy
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Order_of_the_Companions_of_Honour
gptkb:Privy_Council_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:memberOfParliamentFor gptkb:Bishop_Auckland
gptkbp:militaryBranch gptkb:Royal_Artillery
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:World_War_I
gptkbp:ministerOfEconomicWarfare 1940-1942
gptkbp:ministerOfTownAndCountryPlanning 1943-1945
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableIdea gptkb:Dalton's_Law_of_Income_Distribution
gptkb:Dalton's_Principle_of_Progressivity
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Principles_of_Public_Finance
gptkb:Some_Aspects_of_the_Inequality_of_Incomes_in_Modern_Communities
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:economist
politician
gptkbp:peerage gptkb:Baron_Dalton
gptkbp:politicalParty gptkb:Labour_Party
gptkbp:presidentOfTheBoardOfTrade 1942-1945
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:The_New_Statesman
gptkb:The_Economic_Journal
gptkbp:resignedAsChancellor 1947
gptkbp:resignedFrom Budget leak
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Westminster_Abbey
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Ruth_Dalton
gptkbp:termEnd 1959
gptkbp:termStart 1929
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Harold_Macmillan
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5