Background
ATKINSON, Frederick was born on December 7, 1919 in London. Son of George E. Atkinson and Elizabeth S. Cooper.
ATKINSON, Frederick was born on December 7, 1919 in London. Son of George E. Atkinson and Elizabeth S. Cooper.
Atkinson was educated at Dulwich College and Jesus College, Oxford.
He lectured at Jesus and Trinity Colleges before joining the Economic Section of the Cabinet Office in 1949. He spent 1952 to 1954 at the British Embassy in Washington District of Columbia before returning to work in Her Majesty Treasury. He was the Chief Economic Adviser to the Department of Trade and Industry from 1970 to 1973, an Assistant Secretary-General at the Organisation for Economic Company-operation and Development from 1973 to 1975, Deputy Secretary and Chief Economic Adviser at the Department of Energy from 1975 to 1977, before his final posting, as Chief Economic Adviser to Her Majesty Treasury and Head of the Government Economic Service from 1977 to 1979.
He was awarded the Central Bank in 1971 and knighted on his advancement to Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in 1979.
He was appointed an Honorary Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford in 1979.
Married Margaret Grace Gibson in 1947.