Laurence Joseph Hayek (15 July 1934 – 15 July 2004), a.k.a. Larry Hayek, was an Austrian-born English microbiologist.[4] He was the son of the economist and political philosopher Friedrich August Hayek (1899–1992).[5]
Laurence Joseph Hayek | |
|---|---|
| Born | 15 July 1934 |
| Died | 15 July 2004 (aged 70) Dartington, Devon, UK |
| Citizenship | Austrian (1934–1938) British (1938–2004)[1] |
| Alma mater | King's College, Cambridge |
| Occupation(s) | physician microbiologist |
| Spouse |
Ann Esca Drury (m. 1961) |
| Children | two daughters and a son |
| Parents |
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| Relatives | Christine Maria Felicitas von Hayek[3] (sister) August von Hayek (grandfather) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | microbiologist |
Life
editBorn Lorenz Josef Heinrich Erich von Hayek on 15 July 1934 in Vienna, Austria. He was brought up in Britain, where his father worked at the London School of Economics, and was naturalized, together with his sister, on 18 July 1938.[6] During the war the LSE was evacuated to Cambridge, and Hayek was found a place at King's College School, Cambridge, with the help of John Maynard Keynes (1883–1946), his father's friend and fellow economist.[5]
After the war Laurence Hayek finished school at Westminster School, and studied medicine at King's College, Cambridge.[5]
He performed his National Service as cadet and 2nd Lt.[7]
He became GP and then pathologist at Middlesex Hospital. He married Esca Drury, a nurse, in 1961, they had three children, Ann, Catherine and Crispin.[4] In 1974 the family moved to Devon, where he was consultant microbiologist at Torbay Hospital. He was a council member of the Association of Clinical Pathologists and a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Clinical Pathology.[5]
Laurence retired in 1999 yet spent much of his remaining years taking locums in other hospitals. He spent a good deal of his time promoting his father's work. He and Esca were keen campanologists.[5]
Hayek died unexpectedly in 2004 in Dartington, Devon on the morning of his 70th birthday with his family with him.
References
edit- ^ "No. 34541". The London Gazette. 12 August 1938. p. 5182.
- ^ "No. 62093". The London Gazette. 27 October 2017. p. 19992.
- ^ "Christine Maria Felicitas von Hayek, entomologist". Wikispecies. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ a b "Obituary: Laurence Hayek: Microbiologist who in later life commemorated his father's work". www.thetimes.co.uk. 6 August 2004.
- ^ a b c d e Phibbs, Harry (7 September 2004). "Laurence Hayek: Microbiologist and keeper of his Nobel laureate father's flame". The Independent.
- ^ "No. 34541". The London Gazette. 12 August 1938. p. 5182.: A certificate of naturalisation was granted to his father, Friedrich von Hayek, Professor in Economic Science and Statistics in the University of London, upon registration of his performing an Oath of Allegiance on 18 July 1938. See "Naturalisation Certificate: Friedrich August Von Hayek. From Austria ..." National Archives. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "No. 39916". The London Gazette. 17 July 1953. p. 3986.
Further reading
edit- Caldwell, Bruce; Klausinger, Hansjoerg (2022). Hayek: A Life 1899-1950. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press. pp. 2, 5–6, 23n5. birth: 405–06, 411, 423, 429–30. childhood: 407–08, 413, 493, 505, 619. parent's divorce: 676, 719, 722–23, 730. schools: 490, 507. doi:10.7208/chicago/9780226816838. ISBN 9780226816838.
External links
edit- The Commanding Heights: Episode One: The Battle of Ideas (Television Production). PBS. 2002. Event occurs at 6:34 from the beginning of the chapter 12). OCLC 50427119.
LAURENCE HAYEK, Hayek's Son: The world was very much a socialist world. His ideas were not fashionable. Nobody seemed to listen to him. Nobody seemed to agree with him. He was alone.
- The Commanding Heights: Episode One: The Battle of Ideas (Television Production). PBS. 2002. Event occurs at 3:50 from the beginning of the chapter 15). OCLC 50427119.
LAURENCE HAYEK, Hayek's Son: Margaret Thatcher was elected prime minister on the day of my father's birthday, so he sent her this telegram from Freiburg: "Thank you for the best present to my 80th birthday that anyone could have given me." A few days later she wrote back from 10 Downing Street: "Dear Professor Hayek, I am very proud to have learned so much from you over the past few years. I am determined that we should succeed. If we do so, your contribution to our ultimate victory will have been immense. Yours sincerely, Margaret Thatcher."
- "Intervento di Laurence Hayek: La presunzione fatale: gli errori del socialismo" nell'ambito della mostra fotografica, biografica e bibliografica su Friedrich A. von Hayek nel centenario della nascita org. dalla Fondazione della Biblioteca di via Senato presso la Biblioteca di via Senato, via Senato 14". Radio Radicale: Conoscere per deliberare. 3 November 1999.
- Hayek, F.A. (2007). Caldwell, Bruce (ed.). The Collected Works of F.A. Hayek: The Road to Serfdom: Text and Documents; The Definitive Edition. Vol. II. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. p. 268 – via Internet Archive.: The editor Bruce J. Caldwell dedicated the volume to the memory of Laurence Hayek.