Gavin George Newing MacKenzie (8 March 1942 – 18 September 2001) was a British political scientist and sociologist.

Life

Gavin George Newing MacKenzie was born on 8 March 1942 in

Bournemouth Bournemouth ( ) is a coastal resort town in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole unitary authority area, in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England. At the 2021 census, the built-up area had a population of 196,455, making it the largest ...

, where he attended the grammar school. He then studied sociology at the

University of Leicester The University of Leicester ( ) is a public university, public research university based in Leicester, England. The main campus is south of the city centre, adjacent to Victoria Park, Leicester, Victoria Park. The university's predecessor, Univ ...

before graduating in 1964. He went to study at

Brown University Brown University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. It is the List of colonial colleges, seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the US, founded in 1764 as the ' ...

, where he completed a

Master of Arts A Master of Arts ( or ''Artium Magister''; abbreviated MA or AM) is the holder of a master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is usually contrasted with that of Master of Science. Those admitted to the degree have ...

degree (supervised by Kurt B. Mayer and awarded in 1966) and a

doctorate A doctorate (from Latin ''doctor'', meaning "teacher") or doctoral degree is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities and some other educational institutions, derived from the ancient formalism '' licentia docendi'' ("licence to teach ...

; supervised by

Sidney Goldstein Sidney Goldstein (August 4, 1927 – August 5, 2019) was an American demographer. He was George Hazard Crooker University Professor at Brown University from 1977 to 1993. Life Sidney Goldstein was born in New London, Connecticut; he attended t ...

, his

PhD A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, DPhil; or ) is a terminal degree that usually denotes the highest level of academic achievement in a given discipline and is awarded following a course of graduate study and original research. The name of the deg ...

was awarded in 1970 for his

thesis A thesis (: theses), or dissertation (abbreviated diss.), is a document submitted in support of candidature for an academic degree or professional qualification presenting the author's research and findings.International Standard ISO 7144: D ...

"Middle-class craftsman: A test of selected aspects of the thesis of embourgeoisement in the United States". He was a lecturer in sociology at the University of Leicester (1968–70) and then in 1970 joined the

University of Cambridge The University of Cambridge is a Public university, public collegiate university, collegiate research university in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1209, the University of Cambridge is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation, wo ...

as a Fellow of

Jesus College, Cambridge Jesus College is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Jesus College was established in 1496 on the site of the twelfth-century Benedictine nunnery of St Radegund's Priory, Cambridge, St ...

, and as a faculty assistant lecturer (1970–73); at Jesus College, he was a tutor from 1972 and senior tutor in 1982. While at Cambridge, he collaborated with

Anthony Giddens Anthony Giddens, Baron Giddens (born 18 January 1938) is an English sociologist who is known for his theory of structuration and his holistic view of modern societies. He is considered to be one of the most prominent modern sociologists and is ...

. In 1992, he left academia to work for the consultancy Saxton Bampfylde Hever. He died aged 59, on 18 September 2001 in

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.For his MA, se
"The economic dimension of embourgeoisment"
''Brown University''. For his PhD, se
"Middle class craftsman: A test of selected aspects of the thesis of embourgeoisement in the United States"
''Brown University''. Both retrieved 23 September 2018.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:MacKenzie, Gavin 1942 births 2001 deaths British sociologists Writers from Bournemouth People educated at Bournemouth School Alumni of the University of Leicester Brown University Graduate School alumni Academics of the University of Leicester Fellows of Jesus College, Cambridge 20th-century British political scientists