Key market-liberal economist Shenfield remained remarkably obscure

Evidence

Shenfield (1909–1990) is a very shadowy figure whose wife had a Who’s Who entry, but who, unusually, did not have one for himself. In 1948 he was appointed in Birmingham as assistant lecturer in economics (alongside Frank Hahn), but there is no record of how long he remained in this post. In the mid-1950s he was economic adviser to the Federation of British Industry. — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 489

Categorization

• QUESTION: Why would a prominent Birmingham economist and FBI adviser have no Who’s Who entry while his wife did? Worth chasing the Allister Heath 1999 reference.