Tom Shakespeare
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Sir Thomas William Shakespeare, 3rd Baronet,
Early life and education
Son of Sir William [Geoffrey Shakespeare], 2nd Baronet, and Susan Mary, daughter of A. Douglas Raffel, of Colombo, Sri Lanka,
Shakespeare was educated at
Career
Shakespeare then lectured in sociology at the
He studied political science at Cambridge University. As a student, he supported liberation movements such as feminism, anti-racism and lesbian and gay rights. During his MPhil, he wrote a book about the politics of disability. He also wrote the book Disability Rights and Wrongs published by Routledge in 2006 and edited Arguing About Disability published in 2009 by Routledge.
He has worked as a research fellow at both
Shakespeare is (as of 2021) Professor of Disability Research in the medical faculty at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine,[10] and was previously Professor of Disability Research in the medical faculty at the University of East Anglia (UEA).[11] At UEA, he conducted research, including one regarding group singing and its beneficial effects against depression and anxiety; the findings were published in the academic journal Medical Humanities.[12]
In July 2018 Shakespeare was elected a Fellow of the British Academy.[13]
Shakespeare was appointed
Personal life
In 2002 Shakespeare married dancer and disability rights campaigner Caroline Bowditch.[15] By 2010 he had split from his wife and he lived in Geneva with his partner, Alana. He has two children, both of whom also have achondroplasia; his daughter Ivy is a social worker, and his son Robert is a civil servant. His first grandchild was born in 2020. Owing to a spinal cord injury in 2008, Shakespeare mainly uses a wheelchair, but with physiotherapy had regained the ability to walk with leg splints and cane.[5][16] In 2016 he featured on the ITV show 500 Questions, winning £14,000 by answering 42 out of 50 questions. He received a standing ovation for his efforts.[17] His father's maternal half-brother was Conservative politician Sir Nigel Fisher.[18]
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References
- ^ Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th edition, vol. 3, ed. Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2003, p. 3578
- ^ Defying Disability: The Lives and Legacies of Nine Disabled Leaders, Mary Wilkinson, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2009, pg 83
- ^ Kristof, Nicholas D. (4 July 2003). "Opinion | The New Eugenics". The New York Times.
- ^ "Pass it on » Tom Shakespeare".
- ^ a b c d "Biography » Tom Shakespeare". Tom Shakespeare. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
- ^ 'Tom Shakespeare: Academic', in Mary Wilkinson, Defying Disability: The Lives and Legacies of Nine Disabled Leaders (London: Kingsley, 2009), pp. 79-98 (at p. 83).
- ISBN 978-0-9557182-9-8.
- ^ World Health Organization and World Bank (2011). World Report on Disability. Geneva: World Health Organization.
- ^ "Parliament Roadshow". A Point of View. BBC. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
- ^ "Professor Tom Shakespeare FBA". The British Academy. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
- ^ "Prof Tom Shakespeare". London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
- S2CID 39409432. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
- ^ "Record number of academics elected to British Academy | British Academy". British Academy. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
- ^ "No. 63377". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 June 2021. p. B10.
- ^ "Caroline fathoms magic of dance". The Journal. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
- ^ Fox, Sue (17 October 2010). "Impatient, bloody minded, stubborn... that's me and my dad". Thesundaytimes.co.uk. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
- ^ "500 Questions - Episode 4". ITV Hub. 28 August 2016. Archived from the original on 28 August 2016.
- ^ Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th edition, vol. 3, ed. Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2003, p. 3578
- ^ Burke's Peerage. 1949.