William Haydn Mervyn Matthews (July 25, 1932 – November 26, 2017) was a British expert on Soviet society, writer, and broadcaster.
He took degree in Russian at Manchester University, then moved to St Catherine's College, Oxford, then St Antony's College for work on his Ph.D.[1] The story of his love with his future wife from the Soviet Union (see "Family") cost him carrier.
[1] He was accepted as a research fellow at Moscow University, but expelled from the Soviet Union in 1964 for "anti-Soviet propaganda and speculation".
[2] St Antony's College, annulled a research fellowship for political troublemaking, after which he moved to Nottingham University.
[1] He eventually settled as reader in the University of Surrey's linguistic and regional studies department.