Tom Shakespeare

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Sir Thomas William Shakespeare, 3rd Baronet (born 11 May 1966), better known as Tom Shakespeare, is a sociologist. He has achondroplasia.

Shakespeare was educated at Radley, taking A-levels in English, History, and History of Art; and Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he matriculated in 1984 to read Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic.^[1] He gained a MPhil degree from King's College, Cambridge in 1991. Whilst a student, he featured in a television documentary about his restricted growth, along with his father, Sir William Geoffrey Shakespeare, a prominent medical practitioner. Shakespeare then lectured in sociology at the University of Sunderland from 1993 and returned to King's College in 1995 to receive his PhD degree. His father died in 1996 and Shakespeare inherited his baronetcy, but does not use the title. He is also a campaigner for disability rights, a writer on disability, genetics and bio-ethics and was the co-author of The Sexual Politics of Disability (1996 - ISBN 0-304-33329-8).

He studied political science at Cambridge University. As a radical student, he supported liberation movements such as feminism, anti-racism and lesbian and gay rights. During his M-Phil, he wrote a book about the politics of disability. He also authored the book Disability Rights and Wrongs published by Routledge in 2006 and co-authored (Edited) Arguing About Disability published in 2009 by Routledge.

He has worked as a research fellow at both Newcastle University and Leeds University, and has worked for the World Health Organization in Geneva. He served as a member of the Arts Council of England between 2003 and 2008. He is currently a senior lecturer in the medical faculty at the University of East Anglia.

Shakespeare is a member of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).^[2]

References

↑ 'Tom Shakespeare: Academic', in Mary Wilkinson, Defying Disability: The Lives and Legacies of Nine Disabled Leaders (London: Kingsley, 2009), pp. 79-98 (at p. 83).
↑ Science and Religion: Making Meaning, Conference of Sea of Faith Network (UK), July 2009

External links

Profile at PEAL

Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by William Geoffrey Shakespeare	Baronet (of Lakenham) 1996–present	Succeeded by (current incumbent)

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Name	Shakespeare, Tom
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Date of birth	11 May 1966
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