Roger Penn: key obituary facts
Is Roger Penn dead? Yes. Roger Penn died on August 7, 2026, at age 77.
Cause of death: Roger Penn's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was Roger Penn known for?
He was a 1949-.
More about Roger Penn
Born: 1949.
Place of birth: Lytham.
Gender: male.
Occupation: sociologist, political scientist, university teacher.
Employer: University of Lancaster, Queen's University Belfast.
Occupations: Sociologist, writer.
Roger Penn, the British sociologist and writer, died on August 7, 2026, aged 77.
Born Roger David Penn in Lytham, Lancashire, he studied at Jesus College, Cambridge, graduating in 1972, and went on to earn an MA in sociology at Brown University in 1973. His academic career included lecturing in sociology at Lancaster University from 1977 and later serving as a professor at Queen’s University Belfast from 2012 to 2017.
Penn also wrote on class, labour and technology, with books including Skilled Workers in the Class Structure, Trade Unionism in Recession, and Class, Power and Technology: Skilled Workers in Britain and America.