Crick, Sir Bernard Rowland
- Crick, Sir Bernard Rowland
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▪ 2009
British political theorist
born Dec. 16, 1929, London, Eng.
died Dec. 19, 2008, Edinburgh, Scot.
was the author of numerous leftist scholarly studies, notably
The American Science of Politics (1958),
In Defence of Politics (1962),
The Reform of Parliament (1964), and the
authorized—though not entirely successful—biography
George Orwell: A Life (1980). Crick studied at University College, London; the London School of Economics (
LSE; 1950–52); and Harvard University (
Ph.D., 1957). His academic career included stints on the faculty of the LSE (1957–65), the University of Sheffield (1965–71), and Birbeck College,
London (1971–84). He also was on the editorial staff (1966–2000) of the periodical
Political Quarterly, served as a political adviser to Labour Party leaders, and established (1993) the Orwell Prizes for political writing. Crick was knighted in 2002.
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