Samuel Brittan

English journalist and author

Sir Samuel Brittan (29 December 1933 – 12 October 2020) was an English journalist and author. He was the first economics correspondent for the Financial Times. He was a member of the Academic Advisory Council of the Global Warming Policy Foundation.[1] He was born in London.[2] In 1961, Brittan was appointed economics editor at The Observer until 1964 and in 1965 was appointed as an advisor at the Department of Economic Affairs.

Brittan died on 12 October 2020 in London at the age of 86.[3]

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  1. Frederick F. Wherry; Juliet B. Schor (December 8, 2015). The SAGE Encyclopedia of Economics and Society. SAGE Publications. p. 1020. ISBN 978-1-5063-4617-5.
  2. Ian Johnston (11 May 2014). "Nigel Lawson's climate-change denial charity 'intimidated' environmental expert". The Independent. Archived from the original on 11 May 2014.
  3. Samuel Brittan, economics editor, 1933-2020