Stewart Sutherland, Baron Sutherland of Houndwood
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Stewart Ross Sutherland, Baron Sutherland of Houndwood, KT, FRSE, FBA (born February 25 1941) is a Scottish academic and public servant.
Educated at the University of Aberdeen and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, he was appointed assistant lecturer in Philosophy at the University College of North Wales, and three years later returned to Scotland as a lecturer at Stirling University. In 1977, he became Professor of History and Philosophy of Religion at King's College, London, and was subsequently appointed vice-principal and principal there in 1981 and 1985 respectively.
In 1990, Sutherland became Vice-Chancellor of London University, and was appointed Chief Inspector of Schools two years later. He succeeded this post as Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Edinburgh University, in which position he served until 2002. In 1992, he was elected to the British Academy, and in 1995 he became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, the same year he was knighted.
In 2001, he was created a life peer as Baron Sutherland of Houndwood, and was the following year elected to the presidency of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. He was made a Knight of the Thistle in 2002, is the recipient of a number of honorary degrees, and continues to serve with various institutions.