beveridge

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Definition

noun British economist (born in India) whose report on social insurance provided the basis for most of the social legislation on which the welfare state in the United Kingdom is based (1879-1963)

“Money--that's all there is to Arthur Beveridge. — Blow The Man Down: A Romance Of The Coast, Holman Day
The tale of “What the Rose did to the Cypress,” is translated out of a Persian manuscript by Mrs. Beveridge. — The Brown Fairy Book, Andrew Lang
Sherlock, Tillotson, Wake, Collier, Burnet, Stillingfleet, Patrick, Fowler, Sharp, Tennison, and Beveridge made the Established Church respected in the town; but the country clergy, as a whole, were ignorant and depressed. — A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon : For the Use of Schools and Colleges, Lord, John

William Henry Beveridge, First Baron Beveridge

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