Sir Leon Radzinowicz | |
|---|---|
| 1st Wolfson Professor of Criminology | |
| In office 1959–1973 | |
| Succeeded by | Nigel Walker |
| 1st Director of the Cambridge Institute of Criminology | |
| In office 1959–1972 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 August 1906 Łódź, Poland |
| Died | 29 December 1999 (aged 93) Haverford, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Resting place | Ascension Parish Burial Ground, Cambridge, England |
| Spouses | Irene Szereszewsk
(m. 1933; div. 1955)Isolde Klarmann (m. 1979) |
| Children | Two |
Sir Leon Radzinowicz, QC (Hon), FBA (15 August 1906 – 29 December 1999) was a criminologist and academic. He was the founding director of the Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law at the University of Cambridge.[1]