What is Richard G. Wilkinson?
'''Richard Gerald Wilkinson''' (born 1943) is a British social [[Epidemiology|epidemiologist]], writer, advocate, and left-wing [[political activist]]. He is [[Professor Emeritus]] of social epidemiology at the [[University of Nottingham]]. He retired in 2008. He is also Honorary Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health at [[University College London]] and Visiting Professor at [[University of York]]. In 2009, Richard co-founded The Equality Trust. Richard was awarded a 2013 Silver Rose Award from Solidar for championing equality and the 2014 Charles Cully Memorial Medal by the Irish Cancer Society. In 1976, his article entitled 'Dear [[David Ennals]]' was published in ''[[New Society]]''; at that time, David Ennals was Secretary of State for Social Services. The article led eventually to the 1980 publication of the [[Black Report]] on ''Inequalities in Health''. He is best known for his book with his partner [[Kate Pickett]] ''The Spirit Level'', first published in 2009, which argues that societies with more equal distribution of incomes have better health, fewer social problems such as [[violence]], [[drug abuse]], teenage births, [[mental illness]], [[obesity]], and others, and are more [[cohesive]] than ones in which the gap between the rich and poor is greater. In 2009 they started the [[Equality Trust]], which campaigns for greater income equality.<ref>[http://www.equalitytrust.org.uk/about/history History- Book launch 'The Equality Trust was founded in 2009 by Bill Kerry, Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett.'] ''www.equalitytrust.org.uk'' {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100727121129/http://www.equalitytrust.org.uk/about/history |date=27 July 2010 }}</ref> ==Books== * {{cite book | last = Wilkinson | first = Richard G. | title = Poverty and progress: an ecological model of economic development | url = https://archive.org/details/isbn_416086600 | publisher = Methuen | location = London | year = 1973 | isbn = 9780416776003 }} * {{cite book | last = Wilkinson | first = Richard G. | title