John Stewart is Emeritus Professor of the History of Healthcare at Glasgow Caledonian University. He has written extensively on the history of social welfare, focusing on Britain, Scotland, and New Zealand.

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• IntroductionPart 1: Early Life and Career to the End of 1941‘As the Son of a Farmer…’: Origins, Early Employment, and Personal LifePolitics: The Liberal Party, the ‘Fleet Street Parliament’, and Forward MarchThe Eugenics Society, Poverty and Population, and ‘Manpower and Health’The Titmuss Gospel and Progressive OpinionPart 2: From Problems of Social Policy to the London School of EconomicsProblems of Social Policy: Researching and Fire-WatchingTitmuss and the Eugenics Society in WarTitmuss and the Media in the 1940s – a Growing ReputationPopulation and Family: Parents Revolt and the Beginnings of Social MedicineThe London School of Economics and ‘Social Administration in a Changing Society’Part 3: First Decade at the LSESetting Out His StallThe Guillebaud Committee and the Early Years of the National Health ServicePensions and Old Age‘We Have Our Differences and Do Not Always See Eye to Eye’: Social Work and Social Work TrainingEssays on ‘The Welfare State’ and The Irresponsible SocietyPart 4: Power and Influence: Titmuss, 1960 to 1973‘The Apostle of Equality’: Titmuss and R.H. TawneyMental Health, Community Care, and Medical EducationMauritius, Tanzania, and IsraelScottish Social Work and the Seebohm CommitteeCommitment to Welfare and the Finer Committee on One-Parent FamiliesTitmuss and North America: Early Encounters and First VisitHelping American Scholars on British TopicsTitmuss and President Johnson’s ‘War on Poverty’‘One of the Greatest Human Beings of Our Time’: Titmuss’s Influence on North American Thinking on Social WelfarePart 5: Troubles?The Labour Government, Social Policy, and the Supplementary Benefits CommissionA Public Figure in Turbulent Times: Vietnam, Race Relations, and the Common MarketHealth Care, the Market, and the Institute of Economic Affairs: the Making of The Gift Relationship‘It Really Is Hell’: Disruption at the LSE‘A New Prophet Had Appeared in Our Midst’: Final Illness, Death, and Memorial ServicePart 6: ConclusionA Commitment to Welfare: The Life and Work of Richard Titmuss