Peter Self

[1] Self was born in Brighton, to Audrey (Otter) and Henry Self, a civil servant.

In the Second World War, he was a conscientious objector, working on a farm.

In his academic career, he became Professor of Public Administration at the London School of Economics, where he was a prominent member and leader of its Greater London Group research centre.

[2] He was also a prominent member of the Town and Country Planning Association.

[1] He then became Professor of Urban Research at the Australian National University.