Halsey, A. H.

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Halsey, A. H.
Other forms of name
Halsey, Albert Henry
Date of birth
1923-04-13
Date of death
2014-10-14
Field of activity
Comprehensive high schools
Education
Educational equalization
Educational sociology
Equality
Social mobility
Sociology
Occupation
Sociologists
College teachers
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
Biographical or Historical Data
Ph.D.
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 61583835
Wikidata: Q278696
Library of congress: n 50082099
Sources of Information
  • 678 field information, Oct. 17, 2014(Ph. D.)
  • Guardian (online), viewed Oct. 17, 2014(A.H. Halsey; b. Albert Henry Halsey, Apr. 13, 1923, Kentish Town, north London; d. Oct. 14, 2014; sociologist committed to fighting inequality and champion of the comprehensive school)
  • Author's Education, economy, and society, 1961.
  • No discouragement, 1996:t.p. (A.H. Halsey, Emeritus Fellow, Nuffield College, Oxford) p. 7, etc. (Albert Henry; b. 13th Apr. 1923)
  • LCN

Wikipedia description:

Albert Henry 'Chelly 67' Halsey (13 April 1923 – 14 October 2014) was a British sociologist. He was emeritus Professor of Social and Administrative Studies at the Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford, and a Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford. Halsey 'worked in what he called the "political arithmetic" tradition throughout his career, with the dual tasks of documenting the state of society, and addressing social and political issues through "experimental social administration"' He presented the BBC's annual Reith Lectures in 1978.

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