The Lord Skidelsky | |
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 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| Assumed office 15 July 1991 Life Peerage | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Robert Jacob Alexander 25 April 1939 Harbin, Republic of China |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | None (Crossbench) |
| Other political affiliations | Labour (until 1981) SDP (1981–88) 'Continuing' SDP (1988–90) Conservative (1992–2001) |
| Alma mater | |
| Website | Official website |
Robert Jacob Alexander Skidelsky, Baron Skidelsky, FBA (born 25 April 1939) is a British economic historian. He is the author of a three-volume, award-winning biography of British economist John Maynard Keynes (1883–1946). Skidelsky read history at Jesus College, Oxford, and is Emeritus Professor of Political Economy at the University of Warwick, England.