Keynes, John Neville, 1852 - 1949 (logician, economist and university administrator)
Dates
- Existence: 1852 - 1949
Biography
John Neville Keynes was born on 31 August 1852 in Salisbury. He was educated at Amersham Hall School and University College London. He matriculated at Pembroke College, Cambridge in 1872. Keynes was a fellow of Pembroke from 1876 to 1882. He gained a doctorate in 1891.
Keynes became Assistant Secretary of UCLES in 1881. He was appointed Secretary in 1892 on the retirement of George Forrest Browne. At the same time as holding these positions, Keynes taught Political Economy and was a lecturer in Moral Science. Keynes was also an elected member of the Council of the Senate from 1893 to 1925, and served on various other boards, syndicates and councils. Keynes was Secretary of UCLES until 1910, when he left to take the position of Registrary of the University. Keynes remained as Registrary until his retirement in 1925.
In addition to his work as a University administrator and lecturer, John Neville Keynes published a number of books on logic and political economy. His main works were “Studies and Exercises in Formal Logic” (1884) and “The Scope and Method of Political Economy” (1891).
John Neville Keynes and Florence Ada Brown married in 1882. They had three children: John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946), Margaret Neville Keynes (1885-1974) and Geoffrey Langdon Keynes (1887-1982).
John Neville Keynes died on 15 November 1949.
Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence and papers on the education and early career of Charles Ryle Fay (1884-1961), economic historian.
The letters and papers catalogued below were preserved by C. R. Fay's father, who pasted them into an unused copy of Smith's commercial scribbling diary for 1902; Mr Fay adopted a generally chronological arrangement, but does not seem to have felt himself to be bound strictly by this. Many of the documents are addressed to the elder Fay, and the collection can be regarded as being as much the papers of the father as of the son.
J.N. Keynes to Charles Ryle Fay. Enclosure: draft printed notice of travel grant to be made to CRF from the Worts Fund, 24 May 1906
The letters and papers catalogued below were preserved by C. R. Fay's father, who pasted them into an unused copy of Smith's commercial scribbling diary for 1902; Mr Fay adopted a generally chronological arrangement, but does not seem to have felt himself to be bound strictly by this. Many of the documents are addressed to the elder Fay, and the collection can be regarded as being as much the papers of the father as of the son.
John Maynard Keynes: Notes on Logic
John Neville Keynes, 1924
Portrait of J N Keynes
John Neville Keynes (1852-1949), 1910 - 1949
Material relating to those with a surname beginning 'K'.
John Neville Keynes: Correspondence
254 items, including a few drafts of Keynes's replies. Most of the letters are from 1891-1906, and there are none for 1913-1915. The great majority are from Cambridge correspondents, and relate to University affairs, but there are also a few family letters.
John Neville Keynes: Diaries and papers
Papers of John Neville Keynes, including one item by Mary Keynes.
Keynes, John Neville: Correspondence with the Press, 1913 - 1923
Notes on Logic
Papers of Dr. John Neville Keynes, 1882 - 1981
These papers relate mostly to Syndicate business. They include light hearted notes of peculiarities and information about the Keynes family in general
"Scrapbook 2", 1873 - 1970
"Scrapbook 3": Janet Hill's scrapbook, 1930 - 1970
"Scrapbook 4", 1905 - 1933
Includes newspaper cuttings on AVH and his work; Florence Ada Keynes; John Maynard Keynes. Also includes photographs and souvenirs.