John Scott (sociologist)

John Peter Scott is an English sociologist working on issues of economic and political sociology, social stratification, the history of sociology, and social network analysis. He is currently working independently, and has previously worked at the Universities of Strathclyde, Leicester, Essex, and Plymouth. He is a Fellow of the British Academy, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. He has been a member of the British Sociological Association since 1970. In 2015 he became Chair of Section S4 of the British Academy. In 2016 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Essex University.

8 April 1949

Born on the same birth date (8 April 1949): Brenda Russell • John Madden (director) • K. C. Kamalasabayson

Born on the same birth day (8 April): Albert Bustamante • Alexi Laiho • Alois Brunner • Andy Currier • Anna Korakaki • Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma • Gennady Golovkin • Helen Joseph • Jan Novák (composer) • Jeff McNeil • John Thomas Campbell • Josh Chudleigh • Julius Seljamaa • Michele Mercati • Michelle Donelan • Stanisław Taczak • Tony Banks, Baron Stratford • Toutai Kefu • Vivienne Westwood

Born in the same month (April 1949): Alyson Bailes • Bernd Müller (footballer, born 1949) • Brenda Russell • Carlos Bianchi • Chas Mortimer • Craig Zadan • Dave Gibbons • David Robinson (drummer) • Gil Scott-Heron • Jeremy Cooke • John Shea • Judith Resnik • Junior Braithwaite • Massimo D'Alema • Pamela Reed • Paul Gambaccini • Paul Guilfoyle • Phil Garner • Richard Thompson (musician) • Tony Cragg