Editing Roy Bhaskar (section)

==Background==
Bhaskar was born on 15 May 1944 in [[Teddington]], [[London]], the first of two sons. His Indian father and English mother were [[Theosophy (Blavatskian)|Theosophists]]. Bhaskar said his childhood was unhappy, with his father having high expectations of him.<ref name="Wordpress"/><ref name="Hartwig">Hartwig, M (2008), 'Introduction', in Bhaskar, R., ''A Realist Theory of Science'' (Routledge 'With a new introduction' edition), Abingdon: Routledge.</ref>

In 1963, Bhaskar attended [[Balliol College, Oxford]], on a scholarship to read [[philosophy, politics and economics]]. The scholarship freed him from his father's influence over his chosen academic path. Having graduated with first-class honours in 1966, he began work on a PhD thesis about the relevance of economic theory for under-developed countries. His DPhil changed course and was written at [[Nuffield College, Oxford]],  where [[Rom Harré]] became his supervisor, on the [[philosophy of social science]] and then the [[philosophy of science]]. His thesis was failed twice, which he believed to be partly for political reasons, but the second version was published largely unchanged in 1975 as his influential text, ''A Realist Theory of Science''.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Bhaskar, Roy, 1944-2014.|title=The formation of critical realism: a personal perspective|date=2010|publisher=Routledge|others=Hartwig, Mervyn.|isbn=978-0-415-45502-2|edition=1st|location=London|pages=42–49|oclc=455418555}}</ref>

Bhaskar lectured at the [[University of Edinburgh]] from 1975 and later moved to the [[University of Sussex]]. He held visiting positions in several Scandinavian universities - adjunct professor in philosophy at the [[Centre for Peace Studies, Tromsø|Centre for Peace Studies]] at the [[University of Tromsø]], Norway, and guest professor in philosophy and social science, Department of Caring Sciences, [[Örebro University]], Sweden. From 2007, Bhaskar was employed at the [[Institute of Education]], in London, where he was working on the application of CR to [[Peace Studies]]. He was a founding member of the [[Centre for Critical Realism]], International Association for Critical Realism and the International Centre for Critical Realism (2011), the latter at the Institute of Education.

Bhaskar married [[Hilary Wainwright]] in 1971.<ref>{{cite news|last=Graeber|first=David|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/04/roy-bhaskar|title=Roy Bhaskar obituary|work=The Guardian|date=4 December 2014|access-date=25 May 2018}}</ref> The couple remained close lifelong friends after their separation and never divorced.<ref>{{cite news|last=Reisz|first=Matthew|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/people/obituaries/roy-bhaskar-1944-2014/2017419.article#survey-answer|title=Roy Bhaskar, 1944-2014|work=Times Higher Education|date=11 December 2014|access-date=25 May 2018}}</ref> He died in Leeds with his partner, Rebecca Long, by his side on 19 November 2014.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://socialontology.eu/?p=508|publisher=socialontology.eu|title=Roy Bhaskar, 1944-2014|date=20 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150219161150/http://socialontology.eu/?p=508|archive-date=19 February 2015}}</ref>