Oliver McGregor, Baron McGregor of Durris
Oliver Ross McGregor, Baron McGregor of Durris (25 August 1921 – 10 November 1997) was a British sociologist. Born in Durris, Kincardineshire, he married Nell Weate in 1944 and had three sons with her. McGregor was created a life peer on 9 February 1978 taking the title Baron McGregor of Durris, of Hampstead in Greater London.[1]
Academic career
- 1945–47 Assistant Lecturer and Lecturer in Economic History, Hull University
- 1947–60 Lecturer, Bedford College, London University
- 1959–60 Simon Senior Research Fellow, Manchester University
- 1960–64 Reader, London University
- 1964–85 Professor of Social Institutions, London University
- 1964–77 Head of Department of Sociology, Bedford College, London University
- 1972–75 Fellow, Wolfson College, Oxford University
Public life
- 1975–77 Chairman, Royal Commission on the Press
- 1977–? Chairman, Reuter's Founders' Share Company
- 1980–90 Chairman, Advertising Standards Authority
- 1991–94 Chairman, Press Complaints Commission
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gollark: Duck you, dany!
gollark: FOR YOUR INFORMATION I'm only 6.
gollark: sw\*aring is a sw\*ar word!
gollark: In Windows quality control, sure, but I'm sure they'll *somehow* get a completely unrelated department to do a ridiculous thing for no reason.
References
- "No. 47463". The London Gazette. 14 February 1978. p. 1933.
External links
- Obituary: Lord McGregor of Durris, The Independent, 12 November 1997
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