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Michael Young, Baron Young of Dartington
AuthorBooks · Second hand1915-2002
Michael Dunlop Young, Baron Young of Dartington, was a British sociologist, social activist and left-wing politician. Young was an urbanist, known as an academic researcher, polemicist and institution-builder.
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About Michael Young, Baron Young of Dartington
Birth
1915
Death
2002
First book
1958
Years writing
68
Michael Dunlop Young, Baron Young of Dartington, was a British sociologist, social activist and left-wing politician. Young was an urbanist, known as an academic researcher, polemicist and institution-builder.
Michael Young was born in Manchester in 1915 and became a prominent figure in British sociology and politics.
He is world-renowned for coining the term meritocracy in his influential work The Rise of the Meritocracy.
Throughout his prolific career, he wrote nearly 150 works exploring diverse topics such as education, architecture, and philosophy.
His sociological research, captured in books like Family and Kinship in East London, left a profound mark on the study of modern society.
Beyond his academic work, he dedicated part of his life to global education, addressing challenges like distance teaching for the third world.
