Education
He received his Doctor of Philosophy from the Australian National University in Canberra.
anthropologist sociologist university professor
He received his Doctor of Philosophy from the Australian National University in Canberra.
He was a major figure in both anthropology and sociology, and is noted for introducing the term third world into English. Born in Birkenhead, Worsley started reading English at Emmanuel College, Cambridge but his studies were interrupted by World World War World War II He served in the British Army as an officer in Africa and India. During this time he developed his interest in anthropology.
After the war he worked on mass education in Tanganyika and then went to study under Max Gluckman at the University of Manchester.
He lectured in sociology at the University of Hull and then went on to become the first Professor of Sociology at the University of Manchester in 1964. Worsley, Peter (1984), The Three Worlds: Culture and World Development, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, Subsequent publications by Weidenfeld & Nicholson (London), 1984 & 1988.
Worsley, Peter (1982), Marx and Marxism, Key Sociologists series, Chichester, United Kingdom: Ellis Horwood. London & New York: Tavistock Publications,, retrieved 4 October 2010 Subsequent publications Routledge 1989, 1990.
He not only made theoretical and ethnographic contributions, but also was regarded as a key founding member of the New Left.