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John Ernest Vaizey, Lord Vaizey (1 October 1929 – 19 July 1984)[1] was a British author and economist, who specialised in education. Background and educationVaizey was the son of Ernest Vernon Vaizey and his wife Lucy Butler Hart.[2] He was educated at the school of Queen Mary's Hospital and went then to Queens' College, Cambridge.[1] CareerIn 1952, he joined the United Nations Office at Geneva and after a year was elected a fellow at St Catharine's College, Cambridge.[1] Three years later in 1956 Vaizey became employed as lecturer at the University of Oxford.[1] He moved to the University of London in 1960, where he oversaw a research unit as its director for the next two years.[1] Subsequently, Vaizey came to Worcester College, Oxford, having been appointed to its fellowship.[1] In 1966, he obtained the new created professorship at the Brunel University, heading its school of social sciences from 1973.[1] Vaizey was offered the post of the vice-chancellor of the Monash University, based in Melbourne in 1975; however, after attacks by Australian artists against his close friend Bryan Robertson, who should have taken over the directorship of the National Gallery of Victoria, he declined the offer.[2] In the 1976 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours he was designated for a life peerage and on 23 June, he was created Baron Vaizey, of Greenwich, in Greater London.[3] In his last years Vaizey served as principal of the St Catherine's Foundation at Cumberland Lodge.[4] FamilyIn 1961 he married the author Marina Stansky, daughter of lawyer Lyman Stansky from New York City.[5] One of their children is the Conservative Party politician Edward Vaizey.[6] Lord Vaizey died on 19 July 1984 in St Thomas' Hospital, London, following heart surgery.[7][8] Works{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
}} Notes1. ^1 2 3 4 Dod (1984), p. 284 2. ^Jones (2006), pp. 234–235 3. ^{{London Gazette| issue = 46945 |page=8867 | date = 25 June 1976 }} 4. ^1 Turner (1985), p. 410 5. ^{{cite web | last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Obituary, Lyman Stansky | work = | publisher = New York Times | date = 29 Nov 1993 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/29/obituaries/lyman-stansky-lawyer-93.html | doi = | accessdate = 19 Dec 2014 | archiveurl = | archivedate = }} 6. ^{{cite journal | last = Musson | first = Jeremy | title = Interview: Ed Vaizey | journal = Country Life | date = 14 February 2008 | url = http://www.countrylife.co.uk/culture/architecture/article/180784/Interview-Ed-Vaizey.html | accessdate = 3 January 2010 }} 7. ^1 2 Cleveland (1985), p. 147 8. ^{{cite web | last = Blake | first = Robert | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = John Ernest Vaizey, Baron Vaizey | work = Oxford Dictionary of National Biography | publisher = Oxford University Press | date = | url = http://www.oxforddnb.com/templates/article.jsp?articleid=31783&back= | format = | doi = | accessdate = 19 Dec 2014 | archiveurl = | archivedate = }} References{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
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