ABSTRACT
Richard Hoggart (b. 1918) was born into a working-class family in Leeds, Yorkshire, and was orphane~ early in childhood. Scholarships took him eventually to Leeds University, where he read English and graduated just before World War II. After service in the Army, Richard Hoggart was extra-mural tutor at Hull University for some years, and subsequently Senior Lecturer at Leicester University. Since 1962 he has been Professor of English and Director of the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies at Birmingham University. In 1970 he was seconded for three years to be Assistant Director-General (for Social Sciences, Human Sciences, and Culture) of UNESCO in Paris. He has served on many committees concerned with education, broadcasting, the youth services, and the arts.
