Background
Wooton, Ian was born on April 4, 1957 in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland. Son of John Marshall Wooton and Ann Knight Angus Fettes.
Wooton, Ian was born on April 4, 1957 in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland. Son of John Marshall Wooton and Ann Knight Angus Fettes.
Master of Arts, University of St Andrews, Scotland, 1979. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, New York City, 1982.
Associate professor University of Western Ontario, Canada, 1982—1995. Bonar-Macfie professor of economics University of Glasgow, Scotland, 1995—2003. Professor economics University Strathclyde, Scotland, since 2003.
Research fellow Centre for Economic Policy Research, London, since 1994.
Fellow: Royal Society of Arts.
Life partner Andrew Sawers. Children: Claire Evelyn, Graham James.