Alexander Loveday (24.10.1888 St. Andrews: Scotland: United Kingdom – 19 January 1962) was a British economist, who worked for the League of Nations before serving as Warden of Nuffield College, Oxford, from 1950 to 1954.
Loveday was born in 1888, and was educated at Shrewsbury School before studying at Peterhouse, Cambridge.
[2] His publications included History and Economics of Indian Famines (1914); Britain and World Trade, Quo Vadimus and other essays (1931); The Only Way; A Study of Democracy in Danger (1950); and Reflections on International Administration (1957).
Amongst other honours, he was made an honorary member of the Swedish Royal Academy of Science.
[2] In his obituary in The Times, he was described as a "good team leader of a composite international team" whilst at the League of Nations, who was "calm, objective and professional" and who won "universal respect and, in those who knew him best, real affection.