Richard Sidney Sayers (11 July 1908, Bury St Edmunds — 25 February 1989, Eastbourne) was a British economist and historian specialized in the history of banking.
[2] He played an important role with regard to the development of monetary economics and the direction of British central banking.
[3] In 1926, Sayers entered St Catharine's College at Cambridge University and took first classes in both parts of the economics tripos.
[3] Sayers was appointed as assistant lecturer at the London School of Economics (LSE) in 1931 after completing his postgraduate studies at Cambridge University.
He was made a fellow of the British Academy in 1957 and held its vice presidency in 1966-67, and then worked from 1969 to 1974 as its publications secretary.