Background
FENTON, Alexander was born on June 26, 1929 in Shotts, Lanarkshire. Son of Alexander Fenton and Annie S. Stronach.
professor of Scottish ethnology
FENTON, Alexander was born on June 26, 1929 in Shotts, Lanarkshire. Son of Alexander Fenton and Annie S. Stronach.
University of Aberdeen, Cambridge and Edinburgh.
Senior assistant editor Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh, 1955-1959. Assistant keeper National Museum Antiquities Scotland, 1959-1975, deputy keeper, 1975-1978, director, 1978-1985. Research director National Museum Scotland, 1985-1989.
Director European Ethnological Research Center, since 1989. Lecturer University Edinburgh, 1958-1960, 74-80. Professor Scottish ethnology, director School Scottish Studies, 1990-1994.
Honorary professor Royal Scottish Academy, since 1996. Editor The Review of Scottish Culture, 1984-2005.
Married Evelyn East. Hunter in 1956.