Peter Brereton Townsend 1928–2009
Peter Brereton Townsend 1928–2009
Peter Townsend was a towering figure in the intellectual history of social policy in the twentieth century. He was both a sociologist and a tireless campaigner for poor and disabled people, who opened up new areas of study in sociology: inequalities suffered by older people and those with disabilities. Townsend was elected to the British Academy in 2004 and was a key member of the Black Review in the late 1970s. He was a Founding Professor at the University of Essex and later held professorships at Bristol and New York universities and the LSE. Obituary by Howard Glennerster FBA.
Keywords: obituary, Peter Townsend, British Academy, sociology, Black Review, University of Essex, LSE, Howard Glennerster
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