Ray Pahl

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Raymond Edward Pahl (born July 17, 1935 in London , † June 3, 2011 ) was a British sociologist .

life and work

After graduating from St. Albans School, he studied at St. Catharine's College, Cambridge and the London School of Economics and Political Science . In 1965 he was appointed lecturer at the University of Kent at Canterbury , and in 1972 he was given a professorship at the same university. In 2008 he was made a member of the British Academy .

Pahl has excelled in sociological research on community, work and friendship, and co-founded the British Household Panel Survey at the University of Essex , which collects information from UK households for social and economic research.

Fonts

  • Urbs in Rure (1965)
  • Whose City? (1970)
  • Patterns of Urban Life (1970)
  • Managers and their Wives (1971)
  • Divisions of Labor (1984)
  • After Success: Fin de Siècle Anxiety and Identity (1995)
  • On Friendship (2000)
  • Rethinking Friendship: Hidden Solidarities Today (2006, with Liz Spencer)

literature

  • Ray Pahl Obituary: Sociologist known for his influential studies of work and friendship

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Ray Pahl Collection
  2. ^ The Guardian, July 26, 2011
personal data
SURNAME Pahl, Ray
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pahl, Raymond Edward (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British sociologist
DATE OF BIRTH July 17, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH June 3, 2011