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unusual facts about Geoffrey Crowther, Baron Crowther



Geoffrey Crowther, Baron Crowther

He nurtured the careers of a number of distinguished journalists and writers, including Roland Bird, Donald Tyerman, Barbara Ward, Isaac Deutscher, John Midgely, Norman Macrae, Margaret Cruikshank, Helen Hill Miller, Marjorie Deane, Nancy Balfour, Donald McLachlan, Keith Kyle, Andrew Boyd and George Steiner.

The youngest of the three brothers, Donald Ineson, obtained a first in natural science at Magdalen College, Oxford and became an associate editor at the BMJ.

In 1971, he authored the Report of the Committee on Consumer Credit, the "Crowther Report", whose recommendations led to the Consumer Credit Act 1974.


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