Vernon Bogdanor

Sir

Vernon Bogdanor

Born
Vernon Bernard Bogdanor

(1943-07-16) 16 July 1943 (age 80)
Staines, Middlesex, England
NationalityBritish
Alma materThe Queen's College, Oxford
Spouses
Judith Evelyn Beckett
(m. 1972; div. 2000)
Sonia Margaret Robertson
(m. 2009)
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Oxford
King's College London
Gresham College
New College of the Humanities
Notable studentsDavid Cameron

Sir Vernon Bernard Bogdanor CBE FBA FRSA (/ˈbɒɡdənɔːr/; born 16 July 1943[1]) is a British political scientist, historian, and research professor at the Institute for Contemporary British History at King's College London. He is also emeritus professor of politics and government at the University of Oxford and an emeritus fellow of Brasenose College, Oxford.

He is one of Britain's foremost constitutional experts and has written extensively on political and constitutional issues. He supports the British monarchy[2] and the adoption of proportional representation.

  1. ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  2. ^ Bogdanor, Vernon (6 December 2000). "The Guardian has got it wrong". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 January 2018.