Barbara Wootton
Barbara Wootton, Baroness Wootton of Abinger (born Adam; born April 14, 1897 in Cambridge ; † July 11, 1988 ), was a British sociologist , economist and criminologist .
Life
Wootton is the daughter of the classical philologist James Adam and his wife Adela Marion and the sister of the chemist Neil Kensington Adam FRS (born November 6, 1891 in Cambridge, † July 19, 1973 in Southampton).
After initially studying classical languages, she switched to economics. From 1920 she was the first female lecturer to give lectures at Cambridge University . In 1948 she became a professor at the University of London .
From 1959 to 1964 she was President of the British Sociological Association .
She was knighted in 1958 . In 1985 the University of Cambridge awarded her an honorary doctorate .
Fonts (selection)
- The Married Woman's Dilemma. in: "New selection (from contemporary literature)" Vol. 3, no. 1, Jan. 1948, ed. Alliierter Informationsdienst, o. O., pp. 30–34
- Lament for Economics (1938)
- End Social Inequality (1941)
- Freedom Under Planning (1945)
- Social Science and Social Pathology (1959)
- Crime and the Criminal Law (1964)
- Incomes Policy (1974)
Web links
- Lady Barbara Wootton in the Munzinger Archive ( beginning of article freely available)
- www.bloomsburyacademic.com: Photographs by Barbara Wootton and the Adam family
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Wootton, Barbara |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Baroness Wootton of Abinger |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British sociologist, economist and criminologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 14, 1897 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cambridge |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 11, 1988 |