Stephen Hill (academic)

Stephen Roderick Hill was born on 15 March 1946.^[1] He was educated at University College School. He then obtained a BA in Modern History at Balliol College, Oxford. He was later awarded an MSc in Sociology at the London School of Economics (LSE) followed in 1973 by a PhD.^[1]

Hill held various position in Sociology and Industrial Relations at Bedford College, University of London (1968–70) and the LSE from 1971 where he was Professor of Sociology from 1991 to 2001 and Professor of Management (2001–02).^[1] Hill was chief editor of the British Journal of Sociology for seven years, until 2003.^[2]

In 1970, he married Jane Severn and they had one son and one daughter. The marriage was dissolved in 1993. In 1996, he married Siobhan Rosser.^[1] Hill died on 18 April 2023, at the age of 77.^[3]