Richard G. Wilkinson

Richard G. Wilkinson
Wilkinson in 2018
Born	Richard Gerald Wilkinson 1943 (age 80–81)
Alma mater	London School of Economics University of Pennsylvania University of Nottingham
Known for	The Spirit Level
Scientific career
Fields	Social epidemiology Economic inequality
Institutions	University of Nottingham University College London University of York University of Sussex

Richard Gerald Wilkinson (born 1943) is a British social epidemiologist, author, advocate, and left-wing political activist. 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^[1] 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.