Birthday profile

Stephen Keynes

Stephen Keynes, English businessman (died 2017)

Born
October 19, 1927
Died
August 13, 2017
Zodiac sign
Libra
Birth year
1927

About Stephen Keynes

Stephen John Keynes (19 October 1927 – 13 August 2017) was a great-grandson of Charles Darwin, and chairman of the Charles Darwin Trust. He was educated at The Hall School, Hampstead, Oundle School, and King's College, Cambridge, where he was an Open Scholar. Keynes was the fourth son of Geoffrey Keynes and his wife Margaret Darwin, daughter of Sir George Darwin; he was also a nephew of the economist John Maynard Keynes. His brothers were Richard, Quentin and Milo. In 1955 he married Mary Cecilia Knatchbull-Hugessen, daughter of the Canadian senator Adrian Knatchbull-Hugessen. They had the following children: Gregory Robert Edward Keynes (born 3 June 1956) Elizabeth Harriet Keynes (born 15 December 1957) Toby William Keynes (born 2 November 1959) Martha Paganel Keynes (born 25 April 1961) Zachary Edmund Keynes (born 18 October 1962) Keynes was a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London and a member of the Roxburghe Club. Keynes family The Charles Darwin Trust Stephen Keynes: Times obituary, 16 November 2017.

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Stephen Keynes timeline

  1. Stephen John Keynes (19 October 1927 – 13 August 2017) was a great-grandson of Charles Darwin, and chairman of the Charles Darwin Trust.
  2. Keynes family The Charles Darwin Trust Stephen Keynes: Times obituary, 16 November 2017.

The world when Stephen Keynes was born

Stephen Keynes was born in 1927. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1927

  • #1 song"My Blue Heaven" – Gene Austin
  • Top movieThe Jazz Singer (first talking picture)
  • Best-selling bookElmer Gantry – Sinclair Lewis

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentBabe Ruth hits 60 home runs
  • Top headlineLindbergh completes first solo transatlantic flight
  • Technology milestoneThe Jazz Singer — first feature-length talking film
  • Defining fadDance marathons peak
  • Notable inventionPEZ candy dispensers
  • World population2.04 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderCalvin Coolidge
  • Sports championNew York Yankees (World Series)
  • U.S. population119.0M

1927 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Stephen Keynes's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19272026
Gas$0.21$3.45/gal
Average home$6,100$435,000
Average income$3,700$67,500
Movie ticket$0.25$11.95
Postage stamp$0.02$0.73
Population119.0M341 million

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