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Richard G. Wilkinson : ウィキペディア英語版 | Richard G. Wilkinson
Richard Gerald Wilkinson (born 1943) is a British social epidemiologist, author and advocate. He is Professor Emeritus of Social Epidemiology at the University of Nottingham, having retired in 2008. He is also Honorary Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health at University College London and Visiting Professor at University of York. In 2009, Richard co-founded The Equality Trust. Richard was awarded a 2013 Silver Rose Award from Solidar for championing equality and the 2014 Charles Cully Memorial Medal by the Irish Cancer Society. He is best known for his book with Kate Pickett ''The Spirit Level'', first published in 2009, which argues that societies with more equal distribution of incomes have better health, fewer social problems such as violence, drug abuse, teenage births, mental illness, obesity, and others, and are more cohesive than ones in which the gap between the rich and poor is greater. ==Background== Richard Wilkinson was educated at Leighton Park School and Reading Technical College.〔Dustjacket of his book ''Poverty and Progress'' (1973) gives a brief career summary.〕 He studied economic history at the London School of Economics. He then earned a Masters at the University of Pennsylvania.〔 His University of Nottingham Masters of Medical Science thesis was "Socio-economic Factors in Mortality Differentials" (1976).〔Thesis is listed in the catalogue of the library of the University of Nottingham.〕
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