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'''Digby Carter Anderson''' (born 25 May 1944) is a right-wing Christian conservative who directed of the right-wing think-tank, the [[Social Affairs Unit]], from 1980 to 2004.
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'''Digby Carters Anderson''' (born 25 May 1944) is a British right-wing intellectual and ordained priest. He is co-founder of the Thatcherite think-tank the [[Social Affairs Unit]].
  
==Biography==
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==Education and Teaching==
Anderson was born on 25 May 1944, the son of Donald Anderson and Elizabeth Nance Ethel Anderson. He attended St Lawrence College, a private boarding school in Kent with a strong Christian ethos. He studied a degree at the University of Reading and a PhD at Brunel University. <ref>‘[http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U5446, accessed 14 Jan 2010 ANDERSON, Dr Digby Carter]’, ''Who's Who 2010'', A & C Black, 2010; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2009 ; online edn, Nov 2009</ref>
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Anderson was educated at St Lawrence College, a private Christian boarding school in Kent, and then attended the University of Reading. He undertook post graduate studies at Brunel University and was awared a MPhil in 1973 and a PhD in 1977. <ref>''Crockford's Clerical Directory'' (Church House Publishing, October 2008)</ref> He was a lecturer at the Luton College of Higher Education from 1965 to 1977 and then until 1980 was a research fellow at the University of Nottingham. From 1977 to 1978 he was also an associate lecturer at Brunel University. <ref>''Debrett's People of Today'' (Debrett's Peerage Ltd, January 2009)</ref>
  
Digby was senior lecturer at the Luton College of Higher Education (1965-1977) and then associate lecturer at Brunel University (1977-78). From 1977 to 1980 he was also a research fellow at the University of Nottingham. <ref>Debrett's People of Today, [http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/search/results/21682/Digby%20Carter%20ANDERSON.aspx Dr Digby Anderson] [Accessed 14 January 2009]</ref>  
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==Policy and Journalism==
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Anderson was director of the [[Social Affairs Unit]] from its founding in 1980 until 2004. During that time he also worked as a newspaper columnist for ''The Times'' 1984-88, ''The Spectator'' 1984-2000, ''Sunday Telegraph'' 1988-89, ''Sunday Times'' 1989-90, and the ''National Review'' 1991-99. He was ordained as a deacon in 1985 and a priest in 1986, since which time he has been an honouree assistant priest at St Saviour's Luton. <ref>''Debrett's People of Today'' (Debrett's Peerage Ltd, January 2009)</ref>
  
In 1980 he founded the [[Social Affairs Unit]], which he directed until 2004. He was ordained as a  deacon in 1985 and a priest in 1986, and has since been an honoury assistant priest St Saviour's in Luton. <ref>Debrett's People of Today, [http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/search/results/21682/Digby%20Carter%20ANDERSON.aspx Dr Digby Anderson] [Accessed 14 January 2009]</ref>  
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==Affiliations==
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*[[Mont Pelerin Society]], member <ref>''Debrett's People of Today'' (Debrett's Peerage Ltd, January 2009)</ref>
  
Anderson has worked as a columnist for a number of Britain's right-wing newspapers and weeklies. He has been a columnist at: ''[[The Times]]'' (1984-88), ''[[The Spectator]]'' (1984-2000), ''[[Sunday Telegraph]]'' (1988-89), ''[[Sunday Times]]'' (1989-90) and the ''[[National Review (London)|National Review]]'' (1991-99).
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==Publications==
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Health Education in Practice (ed, 1979), The Ignorance of Social Intervention (ed, 1980), Evaluating Curriculum Proposals (1980), Breaking the Spell of the Welfare State (1981), The Kindness that Kills (ed, 1984), A Diet of Reason (ed, 1986), The Spectator Book of Imperative Cooking (1987), Drinking to your Health: the allegations and the evidence (1989), The Loss of Virtue: moral confusion and social disorder in Britain (ed, 1988), This Will Hurt: the restoration of civic order in America and Britain (ed, 1995), Gentility Recalled: mere manners and the making of social order (ed, 1996), Faking It: the sentimentalisation of modern society (jt ed, 1998), The Dictionary of Difficult Words (jt ed, 2000), Losing Friends (2001), All Oiks Now (2004), The English at Table (2006)
  
 
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Latest revision as of 22:09, 19 December 2012

Digby Carters Anderson (born 25 May 1944) is a British right-wing intellectual and ordained priest. He is co-founder of the Thatcherite think-tank the Social Affairs Unit.

Education and Teaching

Anderson was educated at St Lawrence College, a private Christian boarding school in Kent, and then attended the University of Reading. He undertook post graduate studies at Brunel University and was awared a MPhil in 1973 and a PhD in 1977. [1] He was a lecturer at the Luton College of Higher Education from 1965 to 1977 and then until 1980 was a research fellow at the University of Nottingham. From 1977 to 1978 he was also an associate lecturer at Brunel University. [2]

Policy and Journalism

Anderson was director of the Social Affairs Unit from its founding in 1980 until 2004. During that time he also worked as a newspaper columnist for The Times 1984-88, The Spectator 1984-2000, Sunday Telegraph 1988-89, Sunday Times 1989-90, and the National Review 1991-99. He was ordained as a deacon in 1985 and a priest in 1986, since which time he has been an honouree assistant priest at St Saviour's Luton. [3]

Affiliations

Publications

Health Education in Practice (ed, 1979), The Ignorance of Social Intervention (ed, 1980), Evaluating Curriculum Proposals (1980), Breaking the Spell of the Welfare State (1981), The Kindness that Kills (ed, 1984), A Diet of Reason (ed, 1986), The Spectator Book of Imperative Cooking (1987), Drinking to your Health: the allegations and the evidence (1989), The Loss of Virtue: moral confusion and social disorder in Britain (ed, 1988), This Will Hurt: the restoration of civic order in America and Britain (ed, 1995), Gentility Recalled: mere manners and the making of social order (ed, 1996), Faking It: the sentimentalisation of modern society (jt ed, 1998), The Dictionary of Difficult Words (jt ed, 2000), Losing Friends (2001), All Oiks Now (2004), The English at Table (2006)

Notes

  1. Crockford's Clerical Directory (Church House Publishing, October 2008)
  2. Debrett's People of Today (Debrett's Peerage Ltd, January 2009)
  3. Debrett's People of Today (Debrett's Peerage Ltd, January 2009)
  4. Debrett's People of Today (Debrett's Peerage Ltd, January 2009)