Jason Arday: key obituary facts
Is Jason Arday dead? Yes. Jason Arday died on August 14, 2026, at age 41.
Cause of death: Jason Arday's cause of death was reported as suicide.
What was Jason Arday known for?
He was a British former sociology professor.
More about Jason Arday
Born: 9 May 1985.
Place of birth: Clapham.
Gender: male.
Occupation: sociologist, university teacher, pedagogue, impostor.
Nationality: United Kingdom.
Education: Liverpool John Moores University, St Mary's University, Twickenham.
Employer: University of Cambridge, University of Glasgow, Durham University, Sainsbury's, Ohio State University.
Occupations: Academic, author.
Jason Arday, the British academic and author of Great and Unfortunate Things: A Memoir, died on August 14, 2026, aged 41.
A former sociology professor, he taught at the University of Cambridge from 2023 to 2026 after academic posts at Durham University and the University of Glasgow. Born in Clapham, he studied at Liverpool John Moores University and St Mary’s University, Twickenham.
His death came nine days after he resigned from Cambridge following widely publicised allegations that he had plagiarised and falsified parts of his research and misrepresented elements of his biography.