Early Life and OECC
Born in Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, Maddison was schooled at Darlington Grammar School and attended the University of Cambridge as an undergraduate. After attending McGill University and Johns Hopkins University as a graduate student, he decided not to pursue a Ph.D. and returned to the United Kingdom to teach for a year at the University of St. Andrews. He subsequently got his doctorate.
In 1953, Maddison joined the Organisation for European Economic Cooperation (OEEC), and afterwards became Head of the OEEC Economics Division. In 1963, when the OEEC became the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Maddison became Assistant Director of the Economic Development Department. In 1966-71 he took leave of absence and spent the next 15 years in a series of consulting appointments during which he returned to the OECD for four years.
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