Leon Radzinowicz
Director of the Cambridge Institute of Criminology | |
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| In office 1959–1972 | |
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| Born | 15 August 1906 Łódź, Poland |
| Died | 29 December 1999 (aged 93) Haverford, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Resting place | Ascension Parish Burial Ground, Cambridge, England |
| Spouses | Irene Szereszewsk
(m. 1933; div. 1955)Isolde Klarmann (m. 1979) |
| Children | Two |
Sir Leon Radzinowicz, Faculty of Law at the University of Cambridge.[1]
Early life
Radzinowicz was born on 15 August 1906 in
English legal system.[3]
Academic career
During
Faculty of Law at the University of Cambridge.[4] From 1949 to 1959, Radzinowicz was Director of the Department of Criminal Science, University of Cambridge.[5] In 1959, he founded the Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge.[3][6] In 1959, he became the first Wolfson Professor of Criminology at the Institute of Criminology.[5] Radzinowicz made a major contribution to the study of criminology by his research in the trends of legal thought which led to modern concepts in the administration of justice which were adopted in many of the democratic countries. Among his most significant works are History of English Criminal Law (4 vols. 1948–68), In Search of Criminology (1961), The Need for Criminology (1965), and Ideology and Crime (1966). Radzinowicz also wrote an autobiography, Adventures in Criminology (1999).[7]
Death
On 29 December 1999, Radzinowicz died in Haverford, Pennsylvania, United States. He was aged 93.[3] He is buried with his third wife in the Ascension Parish Burial Ground in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.[8]
Personal life
Radzinowicz had married three times. He married Irena Szereszewska in 1933; they divorced in 1955. He was married to Mary Ann Nevins from
1958 to 1979. They had two children: Ann and William.née Doerenburg; 11 October 1915 – 2 February 2011).[2][8] Radzinowicz converted to Christianity from Judaism prior to World War II.[9]
Honours
In the 1970
Queen's Counsel (QC).[12]
References
- ^ Institute of Criminology - History of the Institute
- ^ a b c d e Hood, Roger (2001). "Leon Radzinowicz 1906–1999" (PDF). Proceedings of the British Academy. 111. The British Academy: 637–55. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
- ^ a b c d Ravo, Nick (10 January 2000). "Leon Radzinowicz, 93, Leader in Criminology". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
- ^ "Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge". ART UK. ART UK. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
- ^ a b c "RADZINOWICZ, Sir Leon, QC (15/08/1906-29/12/1999)". British Academy Fellows. British Academy. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
- ^ "Institute History". Institute of Criminology. University of Cambridge. 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
- ^ "Sir Leon Radzinowicz". Jewish Virtual Library. Jewish Virtual Library. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
- ^ a b Goldie, Mark (2009). A Guide to Churchill College, Cambridge. pp. 62–63.
- ^ "Sir Leon Radzinowicz". Jewish Virtual Library. Jewish Virtual Library. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
- ^ "No. 44999". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1969. p. 2.
- ^ "No. 45050". The London Gazette. 27 February 1970. p. 2453.
- ^ "Crown Office". The London Gazette. No. 55464. 21 April 1999. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
External links
- Leon Radzinowicz at Find a Grave
- Sir Leon Radzinowicz Papers at Florida State University Libraries, Special Collections & Archives
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