Jonathan Spencer

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

Personal life

In 1987, Spencer married Julia Swannell; she died in 1992. In 1994, he married Professor Janet Carsten; Professor of Social and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Edinburgh. He has one daughter with Janet.