Elected: 1995
Discipline: Economics and Social Sciences
Professor Anthony Cohen
Former Principal and Vice-Chancellor, Queen Margaret University
Memorial University of Newfoundland (Res. Fell., 1968-70); Queen’s University at Kingston, Ont. (Asst. Prof., 1970-71); University of Manchester (Lect. & Sen. Lect., 1971-89); then Professor of Social Anthropology, University of Edinburgh, 1989-2003; Dean of Social Sciences, and Provost of Law & Social Sciences, University of Edinburgh, 1997-2002; founding Principal & Vice-Chancellor, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, 2003-09. Honorary Professorial Fellow in Social Anthropology, University of Edinburgh (2003–) and Emeritus Professor of Social & Cultural Anthropology, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh