Bob Holman (8 November 1936 – 15 June 2016) was an English Christian socialist academic, author, and community campaigner in Scotland.
They have a daughter, Ruth, who is a gynaecologist and a son David who is a lecturer in occupational psychology.
He declined the award of an MBE in 2012 as an opponent of the monarchy, arguing the honours system was designed to promote differences of status to which he was opposed.
[5] Holman and his wife were awarded the title of Outstanding Contribution to Social Work by Community Care in November 2015.
[6] Having recovered from Hodgkins lymphoma in 2010, Holman was diagnosed with motor neurone disease in summer 2015.