Jonathan Spencer

Jonathan Spencer
Regius Professor of South Asian Language, Culture and Society
University of Edinburgh
Assumed office
2014
Professor of Anthropology of South Asia
University of Edinburgh
In office
1999–2014
Personal details
Born
Jonathan Robert Spencer

(1954-12-23) 23 December 1954 (age 69)
Dorking, Surrey, England
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom
Spouses
Julia Swannell
(m. 1987⁠–⁠1992)
Prof. Janet Carsten
(m. 1994)
Alma materUniversity of Edinburgh
University of Chicago
University of Oxford
AwardsFellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (2011)
Fellow of the British Academy (2018)

Jonathan Robert Spencer, FRSE, FBA (born 23 December 1954) is a British social anthropologist and academic. Since 2014, he has been the Regius Professor of South Asian Language, Culture and Society at the University of Edinburgh.