David H. J. Morgan was a key figure in the British sociological community. He was one of the original staff members of the Department of Sociology at the University of Manchester when it was founded in 1964, and he taught there for almost 35 years. Many of David's publications on families and masculinities remain landmark works that helped shape and transform these fields of study. In 2005, in recognition of David's standing as one of the foremost sociologists in the fields of families, relationships, personal life and everyday lives, the Morgan Centre for Research into Everyday Lives at the University of Manchester was named after him.