Alexander Carr-Saunders
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Professor Sir Alexander Carr-Saunders KBE FBA |
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Portrait of Carr-Saunders c.1960
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| 5th Director of the London School of Economics and Political Science | |
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In office 1937–1957 |
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| Preceded by | Sir William Beveridge |
| Succeeded by | Sir Sydney Caine |
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| Born |
Alexander Morris Carr-Saunders 14 January 1886 Reigate, Surrey, England |
| Died | 6 October 1966 (aged 80) |
| Education | Eton College |
| Alma mater | Magdalen College, Oxford |
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Knight Bachelor (1946) FBA (1946) KBE (1957) |
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| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
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| Service/branch |
 British Army
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| Years of service | 1914–1918 |
| Rank | Captain |
| Unit | Royal Army Service Corps |
| Battles/wars | World War I |
Sir Alexander Morris Carr-Saunders, KBE, FBA (14 January 1886 – 6 October 1966) was an English biologist, sociologist, academic, and academic administrator. He was Director of the London School of Economics from 1937 to 1957.
Carr-Saunders was born on 14 January 1886 in Reigate, Surrey, England. He was educated at Eton College, an all-boys public school in Eton, Berkshire. He then studied biology at Magdalen College, specialising in zoology. He graduated from the University of Oxford with a first class honours Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1908.
Carr-Saunders remained a year at the University of Oxford as a demonstrator in comparative anatomy. He left in 1910 to join the University College London where he studied biometrics under Karl Pearson. Deciding against natural science, he instead read for the Bar of the Inner Temple.
Concerned about all kinds of social ills and problems, he saw a solution in Eugenics for the engineering of society into a better condition. He became the secretary of the Eugenics Education Society and lived at Toynbee Hall.
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