What is William Beveridge?
{{Infobox officeholder | honorific-prefix = [[The Right Honourable]] | resting_place = | spouse = {{marriage|[[Janet Philip]]|1942|1959|end=d}} | relatives = | parents = {{ubl|[[Henry Beveridge (orientalist)|Henry Beveridge]] (father)|[[Annette Beveridge|Annette Akroyd]] (mother)}} | children = | party = [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] | known_for = Work towards founding the [[welfare state in the United Kingdom]] | employer = | occupation = {{hlist|Economist|politician}} | alma_mater = [[Balliol College, Oxford]] | education = [[Charterhouse School]] | other_names = | nationality = British | residence = | resting_place_coordinates = | death_cause = | name = The Lord Beveridge | death_place = [[Oxford]], England | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1963|3|16|1879|3|5}} | birth_place = [[Rangpur City]], [[Bengal]], [[India]] (now [[Bangladesh]]) | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1879|3|5}} | birth_name = | term_end = 15 June 1945 | term_start = 17 October 1944 | successor = [[Robert Thorp (MP)|Robert Thorp]] | predecessor = [[George Charles Grey]] | majority = 7,523 (74.8%) | office = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]]<br />for [[Berwick-upon-Tweed (UK Parliament constituency)|Berwick-upon-Tweed]] | alt = William Beveridge in the 1940s | image = William-Henry-Beveridge-1st-Baron-Beveridge.jpg | honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KCB}} | partner = }} '''William Henry Beveridge, 1st Baron Beveridge''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KCB}} (5 March 1879 – 16 March 1963) was a British economist and [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] politician. He was a [[Progressivism|progressive]] and [[social reformer]]. He played a central role in de