Mervyn Allister King, Baron King of Lothbury, is a distinguished British economist and public servant. Born in Buckinghamshire on March 30, 1948, he pursued his education at King's College, Cambridge, and Harvard University. He began his academic career as a Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge, working as a researcher on the Cambridge Growth Project. He later taught at the University of Birmingham, Harvard, and MIT, where he shared an office with Ben Bernanke.