Jason Arday, former professor of sociology of education at the University of Cambridge. (University of Cambridge)
\n\nLONDON – A British sociologist who resigned from the University of Cambridge last week after weeks of public plagiarism allegations and intense media scrutiny was found dead Friday.
\n\nJason Arday, who was 37 when he became Cambridge's youngest Black professor in 2023, resigned after he came under intense media pressure, with weeks of allegations about plagiarism in his academic work and questions surrounding claims about his athletic and fundraising accomplishments.
\n\nThe Times and Telegraph newspapers, along with the BBC and Sky News, reported that Arday, 41, was found "unresponsive" inside a home in Battersea, south London, on Friday afternoon.
\n\nNews of his death comes the same week as the release of his memoir, "Great and Unfortunate Things," a highly anticipated work that Simon & Schuster had decided to release despite the doubts about his credibility. In a statement issued through his publisher, Arday's family said that they were "in shock to have lost this amazing father, partner, brother, uncle and son."
\n\n"The campaign of misinformation was too much for Jason, who was a gentle man and who always wanted to see the best in…
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