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Peter E. Gill, golfer
24Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
Noteworthy, Profiles, United Kingdom

Peter E. Gill, golfer

Peter E. Gill –an English professional golfer – died on 23 April 2020, due to coronavirus. In 1959 he won the Coombe Hill Assistants' Tournament and the Gor-Ray Cup in successive weeks. He died in 2020 Gill was an assistant professional in the 1950s, first at Little Aston Golf Club and then at Addington Golf Club. He played regularly in assistants' tournaments and in 1953, while still at Little Aston, he reached the semi-final of the Gor-Ray Cup, the PGA Assistants' Championship, before losing to Geoffrey Hunt. He qualified for the Open Championship the same year. In 1959 he won the Coombe Hill Assistants' Tournament and the Gor-Ray Cup in successive weeks. He won the Coombe Hill Tournament after a six-hole playoff with Billy Bingham and then won the Gor-Ray Cup, a stroke ahead ...
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Peter J. N. Sinclair, economist
2Apr By Web TeamNo Comments
High Profilers, Profiles, United Kingdom

Peter J. N. Sinclair, economist

Peter James Niven Sinclair, a British economist, passed away on 31 March 2020 after contracting Covid-19.   He was Professor, and subsequently Emeritus Professor, in Economics at the University of Birmingham. Previously, he had been a fellow and tutor at Brasenose College, Oxford.   Sinclair grew up in London and Norfolk and was educated at Gresham's School and the University of Oxford, where he gained his BA and doctorate. His first job was in the export department of Linde AG in Germany. This sharpened his lifelong interest in international economics.   Peter Sinclair taught at Oxford from 1970 to 1994, mainly in economic theory, monetary policy and international economics, as fellow and tutor in Economics at Brasenose College. In 1994 he became...
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