Thomas Nossiter

Thomas Nossiter, c. 1989

Thomas Johnson Nossiter (Tom Nossiter) (24 December 1937 in Stockton-on-Tees 12 January 2004) was Professor of Government at the London School of Economics from 1989 until 1994.

Early life

Nossiter was the son of Alfred and Margaret (née Hume) Nossiter. He was educated at Stockton Grammar School.

He did National Service in the Royal Corps of Signals between 1956-58.

Nossiter completed his higher education at the University of Oxford, as an undergraduate at Exeter College and a graduate at Nuffield. He took the degrees of Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, and Doctor of Philosophy. His thesis, completed under the auspices of the Faculty of Modern History and submitted in 1968, was entitled, Elections and political behaviour in County Durham and Newcastle, 1832-74.

Academic career

For the rest of his life Nossiter studied and lectured in political sociology.

In 1964 he was appointed Lecturer in Social Studies at the University of Leeds. He continued to live in Leeds throughout the time during which he was working in London. He was first appointed to the London School of Economics in 1973 and for more than twenty years he taught an entire generation of students in the Government department.[1]

He went on to hold the positions of

Other aspects of his life

Nossiter was an advocate of adult education, both at home and further afield. In 1991 he was appointed an Honorary Citizen of Trá Lí (Tralee), Contae Chiarraí (County Kerry) in recognition of his endeavours in the field. His obituary noted that "he had touched thousands of lives in rural India".[2]

In 1999 he was elected a Councillor on Leeds City Council for the Liberal Democrats. He resigned after six months in office.

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