Colin Robson obituary

My husband, Colin Robson, who has died aged 89, pioneered the degree of behavioural sciences, combining psychology and sociology, in the 1970s. The fifth edition of his textbook Real World Research, originally published in 1993, came out earlier this year.

Born in the village of Almondbury, near Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, the only child of Mary (nee Addy) and Raymond Robson, a clerk in the council rates office, he attended King James's grammar school in the village, remaining loyal to his home town and its football team all his life. After studying physics at Manchester University, he signed up for a PGCE at King's College London, where he came across psychology for the first time.