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Frank Holmes (economist)

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Sir Frank Holmes
Holmes in 1977
Born
Frank Wakefield Holmes

(1924-09-08)8 September 1924
Oamaru, New Zealand
Died23 October 2011(2011-10-23) (aged 87)
Silverstream, New Zealand
Occupation(s)Economist, public servant

Sir Frank Wakefield Holmes JP (8 September 1924[1] – 23 October 2011) was a New Zealand economist and government advisor. He was appointed a Knight Bachelor in the 1975 Queen's Birthday Honours, for public services.[2] He was an economics professor at Victoria University of Wellington, where he remained Emeritus Professor of the Institute of Policy Studies up until his death.

Holmes died on 23 October 2011, aged 87.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ "Obituary". The Dominion Post. 29 November 2011.
  2. ^ "No. 46595". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 14 June 1975. p. 7405.
  3. ^ Rutherford, Hamish (23 October 2011). "Top government advisor dies in Wellington". The Dominion Post. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  4. ^ Sir Frank Holmes Archived 24 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine at the VUW Institute of Policy Studies