严景耀(1905年-1976年),浙江余姚人,中国著名的社会学家、犯罪学家和监狱学家。早年毕业于北京燕京大学社会学系,后入美国芝加哥大学学习,是中国历史上第一个犯罪学博士。1936年9月至1943年任上海提篮桥监狱副典狱长。新中国成立后长期从事教育科研工作,是全国第一、二、三届人大代表。1976年1月,在北京病逝。 Yan Jingyao (1905-1976), Zhejiang Yuyao, a famous Chinese social scientist, criminologist and prison scientist. He graduated from the Department of Sociology at Yenching University in Beijing and later studied at the University of Chicago in the United States. He is the first Ph.D. criminal in Chinese history. 1936 September to 1943 Shanghai Tilanqiao prison vice mayor. After the founding of new China has long been engaged in education and scientific research, is the country’s first, second and third deputies. January 1976, died in Beijing.