Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: A mụrụ John Harald Westergaard na 13 Ọktoba 1927 na Putney, London, nye Otto na Inger Westergaard; nne na nna ya bụ ndị Danish na nna ya bụ injinia obodo. N'afọ 1938, ebe nne na nna ya na-achọ ịgba alụkwaghịm, Westergaard sooro nne ya kwaga Denmark ma ziga ya ụlọ akwụkwọ na Copenhagen; ahụmahụ ya n'okpuru
Ọchịchị ndị Nazi na njikọ nne ya na mmegide ndị Denmark n'oge Agha Worldwa nke Abụọ gbara ume mmegide nke ikike na nkwenye na mmekọrịta ọha na eze. Ọ bụ onye nyocha nwa oge na British Army nke Rhine wee mezue ogo mmụta mmụta mmekọrịta ọha na eze na London School of Economics (LSE), gụsịrị akwụkwọ na 1951. Ọ bụ onye nyocha na Ruth Glass na Mahadum Mahadum London, tupu ọ kwaga Mahadum Nottingham maka afọ 1955-56. Mgbe ahụ ọ laghachiri na LSE dị ka onye nkuzi, wee nweta nkwalite na ndị na-agụ akwụkwọ na sociology na 1970. N'afọ 1975, a họpụtara ya dịka onye nọchiri Keith Kelsall n'ọkwa na Sociological Studies na Mahadum Sheffield. Ọ lara ezumike nká na 1986 n'etiti mbelata ego na ọnụ ọgụgụ ụmụ akwụkwọ na-ebelata nke dugara na ogo mmụta mmụta mmụta mmekọrịta ọha na eze na Sheffield. A kwụsịrị ọrụ ya <unk> na nke Eric Sainsbury (Onye isi oche na Social Administration) <unk> iji hụ na ndị ọrụ na-eto eto anaghị efunahụ ọrụ ha. Ka ọ dị ugbu a, ọ bụkwa onye osote onye isi na onye isi nke Faculty of Social Sciences na Sheffield n'agbata afọ 1982 na 1986. Mgbe ọ lara ezumike nká, ọ nọgidere na mahadum ahụ dịka prọfesọ emeritus; o jikwa ọrụ nleta wee jee ozi dị ka onye isi oche nke British Sociological Association site na 1991 ruo 1993. Ọ bụkwa onye Academician nke Academy of Social Sciences.