<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: UJohn Harald Westergaard wazalwa ngo-13 Okthoba 1927 ePutney, eLondon, u-Otto no-Inger Westergaard; abazali bakhe babengamaDanish kanti uyise wayengunjiniyela wezakhiwo. Ngo-1938, lapho abazali bakhe sebezohlukanisa, uWestergaard wathuthela eDenmark nonina futhi wathunyelwa esikoleni esihlala eCopenhagen; okuhlangenwe nakho kwakhe ngaphansi  <response>: Ukuhlala kwamaNazi kanye nokuzibandakanya kukanina nomzabalazo waseDenmark phakathi neMpi Yezwe Yesibili kwakhuthaza ukumelana negunya nokukholelwa kubusoshiyali. Wayeyi-censor okwesikhashana eBrithani Army of the Rhine wabe eseqedela iziqu zezenhlalo eLondon School of Economics LSE, waphothula ngo-1951. Wayengumcwaningi kuRuth Glass e-University College London, ngaphambi kokuthuthela eNyuvesi yaseNottingham ngonyaka ka-195556. Wabe esebuyela e-LSE njengomfundisi, futhi waqinisekisa ukukhushulwa kwabafundi kwezenhlalo ngo-1970. Ngo-1975, waqokwa njengendlalifa kaKeith Kelsall esihlalweni se-Sociological Studies e-University of Sheffield. Wathatha umhlalaphansi ngo-1986 phakathi kokuncishiswa kwemali kanye nokwehla kwezinombolo zabafundi okwaholela ekutheni izifundo ze-sociology honours degree zihlale zikhona eSheffield. Ukuthatha kwakhe umhlalaphansi kusenesikhathi - kanye nokuka-Eric Sainsbury uSihlalo woMnyango Wezenhlalakahle - kwenziwa ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuthi izisebenzi ezisencane azilahlekelwa yimisebenzi yazo. Phakathi naleso sikhathi, wayebuye abe yiSekela likaDekan kanye noDekan weFakhalthi Yezesayensi Yezenhlalo eSheffield phakathi kuka-1982 no-1986. Emhlalaphansi, waqhubeka nokuxhumana nale nyuvesi njengoprofesa ohloniphekile; waphinde wabamba izikhundla zokuvakasha futhi wakhonza njengomongameli weBritish Sociological Association kusukela ngo-1991 kuya ku-1993. Wayengumfundi we-Academy of Social Sciences. 