Frank Holmes (economist)

Sir Frank Wakefield Holmes JP (8 September 1924[1] – 23 October 2011) was a New Zealand economist and government advisor. He was appointed a Knight Bachelor in the 1975 Queen's Birthday Honours, for public services.[2] He was an economics professor at Victoria University of Wellington, where he remained Emeritus Professor of the Institute of Policy Studies up until his death.

Sir Frank Holmes
JP
Holmes in 1977
Born
Frank Wakefield Holmes

(1924-09-08)8 September 1924
Oamaru, New Zealand
Died23 October 2011(2011-10-23) (aged 87)
Silverstream, New Zealand
Occupations
  • Economist
  • public servant
Spouse
Nola Ruth Ross
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(m. 1947; died 2011)​

Holmes died on 23 October 2011, aged 87.[3][4] He had been predeceased by his wife, Nola, Lady Holmes, in March that year, after 63 years of marriage.[5]

References
  1. "Obituary". The Dominion Post. Wellington. 29 November 2011.
  2. "No. 46595". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 14 June 1975. p. 7405.
  3. Rutherford, Hamish (23 October 2011). "Top government advisor dies in Wellington". The Dominion Post. Wellington. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  4. Sir Frank Holmes Archived 24 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine at the VUW Institute of Policy Studies
  5. "In memory of Lady Nola Holmes". Tributes Online. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
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