Lincoln Allison (born 5 October 1946[1] in Hartlepool) is an English academic and essayist.
Allison grew up in Colne, Lancashire, and was educated at Royal Grammar School, Lancaster, and at University and Nuffield Colleges, Oxford.
[2] Retired from full-time teaching, he is now Emeritus Reader in Politics at the University of Warwick and visiting professor in the politics of sport at the University of Brighton.
All of this seemed entirely normal on the campus of a new university in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
"[4] He is most noted for his work on the politics of sport, for which he was awarded a D.Litt in 2003,[5] but he has also produced books on a number of other topics and been a prolific writer for magazines and newspapers since the 1970s.