India, Aug. 15 -- Former University of Cambridge professor, Jason Arday, passed away at the age of 41 on Friday evening. The death comes a week after his controversial resignation over accusations of plagiarism in his PhD thesis.

A spokesperson of the London Metropolitan Police said that Arday was found unresponsive by officers at his home in Battersea, London. The death was described as "unexpected but not suspicious." A cause of death has not been announced.

Jason Arday was an eminent figure in British academia. When he was appointed at Cambridge following stints at the Glasgow and Durham universities, he became the youngest-ever Black professor in Cambridge history. As someone with autism who struggled with speaking till he was 11, A...