Ken Worpole

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Ken Worpole
Born	June 1944
Occupation	Writer and Social Historian
Education	Southend High School for Boys Brighton College of Education
Notable awards	Honorary Doctorate, Middlesex University Fellowship, Foundation for Urban & Regional Studies Leverhulme Emeritus Fellowship
Spouse	Larraine Worpole (m.1965)
Children	2

Ken Worpole (born 1944) is a British writer and social historian whose many books include works of literary criticism, architectural history, and landscape aesthetics, and was one of the editors of the 2001 United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (UNCHS) report, The State of the World's Cities. In 2005, The Independent newspaper stated that: "For many years, Ken Worpole has been one of the shrewdest and sharpest observers of the English social landscape".^[1] In 2014, ICON Review similarly observed that "For well over 40 years Ken Worpole has been one of the most eloquent and forward thinking writers in Britain".^[2]