Anthony Bottoms

Sir Anthony Edward Bottoms FBA (born 29 August 1939) is a life fellow at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, having previously been a Wolfson Professor of Criminology at Cambridge University from 1984 to 2006[1] and until December 2007 a Professor of Criminology jointly at the universities of Cambridge and Sheffield.[2]

Bottoms was born 29 August 1939 and educated at Eltham College and Corpus Christi College, Oxford,[3] followed by a PhD at Sheffield.[4] He worked as a probation officer before entering academic life as a researcher at Cambridge, then a lecturer in Sheffield (1968), becoming a professor there in 1976.[5] He was made Knight Bachelor in 2001 for services to the criminal justice system,[6] and is a Fellow of the British Academy.[2] He is life fellow at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge.[7]

Some Publications

References

  1. University of Cambridge Institute of Criminology Professor Anthony Bottoms - Biography
  2. 1 2 University of Sheffield School of Law Professor Sir Anthony Bottoms
  3. Burke's Peerage, accessed 3 Feb 2009
  4. Reporter Notices 10/05/06
  5. Debretts Prof Sir Anthony Bottoms
  6. BBC News 15 June 2001
  7. "Fitzwilliam College Law Course Homepage". Fitzwilliam College. 2010. Archived from the original on 29 August 2010. Retrieved 2010-09-01.

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