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...