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A. M. (Alexander Morris) Carr-Saunders
1886–1966
A leading British sociologist and academic administrator, he helped shape modern social science while guiding the London School of Economics through war and recovery. His work ranged from population studies to the organization of professions and higher education.
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The population problem : A study in human evolution
by A. M. (Alexander Morris) Carr-Saunders
About the author
Born in Reigate, Surrey, in 1886, Alexander Morris Carr-Saunders studied at Eton and Magdalen College, Oxford. He began in biology, served in the British Army during the First World War, and later moved into sociology and demography, bringing a scientific cast of mind to social questions.
He is best remembered for his long connection with the London School of Economics, where he served as director from 1937 to 1957. During those years he helped steer the school through the upheaval of the Second World War and became a major figure in British academic life.
Carr-Saunders also wrote influential works on population, social structure, and the professions. Though some of his early views on population reflected ideas now seen as deeply flawed, his career remains important to the history of sociology, demography, and higher education in Britain. He died in 1966.