London School of Economics
The London School of Economics was founded in 1895 by Beatrice and Sidney Webb, initially funded by a bequest of £20,000 from the estate of Henry Hunt Hutchinson. Hutchinson, a lawyer and member of the Fabian Society, left the money in trust, to be put "towards advancing its [The Fabian Society's] objects in any way they [the trustees] deem advisable". The five trustees were Sidney Webb, Edward Pease, Constance Hutchinson, William de Mattos and William Clark.
London School of Economics
In overall national rankings, the LSE consistently places as a top 15 University, ranking 3rd in the "Complete University Guide 2017", 12th in the "Guardian University Guide 2017" and 8th in the "Times/Sunday Times Good University Guide 2017", placing it 7th in the Times Higher Education Table of Tables 2017. The LSE also ranked 3rd overall in the "Sunday Times University Guide" cumulative ranking over a ten-year period (1998–2007). LSE is one of only eight universities (along with the other members of the G5, Bath, St Andrews and Warwick) to have never left the top 15 in one of the three main domestic rankings between 2008–2017. According to data released by the Department for Education in 2018, LSE was rated as the best university for boosting graduate earnings, with male graduates seeing a 47.2% increase in earnings and female graduates seeing a 38.2% increase in earnings compared to the average graduate.