Richard Henry Tawney(30 November 1880 – 16 January 1962) was an English economic historian,social critic, ethical socialist, Christian socialist,and important proponent of adult education. The Oxford Companion to British History (1997) explained that Tawney made a "significant impact" in these "interrelated roles".[10] A. L. Rowse goes further by insisting that "Tawney exercised the widest influence of any historian of his time, politically, socially and, above all, educationally".
