David Anwyll Coleman (born 1946) is a

demographer Demography () is the statistical study of populations, especially human beings. Demographic analysis examines and measures the dimensions and dynamics of populations; it can cover whole societies or groups defined by criteria such as ed ...

and anthropologist who served as the Professor of

Demography Demography () is the statistical study of populations, especially human beings. Demographic analysis examines and measures the dimensions and dynamics of populations; it can cover whole societies or groups defined by criteria such as edu ...

at the

Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford The Department of Social Policy and Intervention is an interdisciplinary centre for research and teaching in social policy and the systematic evaluation of social intervention based in the Social Sciences Division of the University of Oxford. ...

from October 2002 until 2013, and a lecturer since 1980.

Early life

Coleman was born in 1946 in

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. He was educated at Saint Benedict's School, Ealing.

Career

Between 1985 and 1987 he worked for the British Government, as the Special Adviser to

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and then to the Ministers of Housing and of the Environment. He is a former fellow of St John's College, Oxford.

University education

In 1967, Coleman graduated from Oxford University with a Bachelor of Arts in Zoology. In 1978, Coleman graduated from the London School of Economics with a Ph.D. in Demography. Coleman has published over 90 papers and eight books and was the joint editor of the '' European Journal of Population'' from 1992 to 2000. In 1997 he was elected to the Council of the

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. He is also an advisor to Migration Watch UK which he helped to found, and is a member of the

Galton Institute The Adelphi Genetics Forum is a non-profit learned society based in the United Kingdom. Its aims are "to promote the public understanding of human heredity and to facilitate informed debate about the ethical issues raised by advances in reproductive ...

, formerly known as the Eugenics Society. In 2013, Coleman's analysis said that

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people would be a minority in the UK around 2066 if current immigration trends continued.

References

Living people People educated at St Benedict's School, Ealing Fellows of St John's College, Oxford British demographers Place of birth missing (living people) 1946 births {{UK-academic-stub