Paul Thompson (oral historian)

Prior to his recent retirement, he held the position of Research Professor of Sociology at the University of Essex.

In 1964, having spent three years as a Junior Research Fellow at Queen's College, Oxford, Thompson was appointed Lecturer in Sociology (Social History) at the newly established University of Essex.

Between 1994 and 2001, Thompson was also the Director of ESDS Qualidata, University of Essex, where he actively pursued his interest in the preservation of qualitative research materials for secondary use.

The project resulted in a number of publications, including Thompson's The Edwardians: The Remaking of British Society, which was published in 1975 and again in revised form in 1992.

[3] Subsequent oral history work includes studies of the family and community life of Scottish fishermen as well as car workers in Coventry and Turin.