Sociologist David Bloor (1942- Present) timeline

David Bloor "start" if you will would be when he received his PhD from the University of Edinburgh in 1972 from his thesis "Speech and Regulation of Behavior". However, his first big publication was not until 1976, "Knowledge and Social Imagery" which is the first time someone wrote about both philosophy and sociologists. "Social Construction of Scientific Knowledge." Encyclopedia of Science, Technology, and Ethics. . Encyclopedia.com. 3 Aug. 2018 http://www.encyclopedia.com.

David Bloor has written a lot in his career of being a sociologist. One of the many pieces he wrote is called "The strengths of the strong programme" Philosophy of Social Science. Bloor breaks thing down into four basic concepts. Causal: Impartiality: Symmetry: Reflexivity. https://doi.org/10.1177/004839318101100206

Bloor is awarded the John Desmond Bernal Prize from the Society for Social Studies of Science. The JDB prize was started in 1981, and Bloor is one of thirty-eight whom have won this prize. He received this award due to this work in distinguished work in the field.
Bloor's "Knowledge and Social Imagery" is what won him this award. [Direct Link] http://www.4sonline.org/prizes/bernal"John Desmond Bernal Prize"
(Please note that Bloor is not in the photo, they are other recipients)

One of Bloor's latest concepts which was done in 2008. His concept was called "Relativism at 30,000 feet". This was a concept that Bloor called "cultural relativism". One of Bloor's examples he used "Airplanes built according to scientific principles
work [...] Airplanes built to tribal or mythological specifications [...] don't". Bloor, D. (2008). Relativism at 30, 000 feet. In M. Mazzotti (Ed.), Knowledge as social order (pp. 13–32). Aldershot: Ashgate.