NICK BOSANQUET, BORN 1942
HEALTH ECONOMIST
Nicholas Bosanquet is a British health economist and former political activist and councillor. Bosanquet was educated at Winchester College, then studied history at Clare College, Cambridge. He attended Yale University as a Mellon Fellow, and returned to England to study economics at the London School of Economics, before he became an economic advisor to the National Board of Prices and Incomes. From 1969, Bosanquet lectured in economics at the LSE. Focusing on health economics, he was at the King's Fund College from 1973 until 1986, then moved to the University of York, before becoming a professor at the University of London. From 1993 to 2022, Bosanquet was Professor of Health Policy at Imperial College London.
This life story was contributed to Lives Retold by Nick Bosanquet in 2025.