The Story of Peter Tinsley from Pikeville, Kentucky

Appalachian Figures A Kentucky start with a global reach Peter Ault Tinsley was born in Pikeville, Kentucky, on January 21, 1939. He earned a B.A. from Hobart and William Smith in 1961, completed a Ph.D. in economics at Princeton in 1966, and joined the staff of the Federal Reserve Board while finishing his doctorate. After a three decade career in Washington he later taught at the University of Cambridge and at Birkbeck, University of London.