John Eric Thomas Eldridge (17 May 1936 – 24 December 2022) was a British sociologist known for his writings on Industrial Sociology and on Max Weber as well as for being a founding member of the media analysis research group the Glasgow Media Group.
Eldridge was a professor emeritus at the University of Glasgow[1] and a visiting professor of sociology at the University of Strathclyde[2] He was President of the British Sociological Association from 1979 to 1981.
As a child he lived through the blitz on the city during the Second World War.
He attended Taunton's School, Southampton and became the English junior chess champion as a schoolboy.
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