Alexander Anton

Alexander Anton CBE, FBA
Born	(1922-07-02)2 July 1922
Died	11 June 2011(2011-06-11) (aged 88)
Nationality	Scottish
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Aberdeen
Academic work
Discipline	Law
Institutions	University of Aberdeen

Alexander Elder Anton, CBE, FBA (2 July 1922 – 11 June 2011), often known as Sandy Anton, was a Scottish legal scholar.

Biography

Anton was born on 2 July 1922. He served in the Gordon Highlanders from 1941 to 1945 and then attended the University of Aberdeen, where he graduated with a Master of Arts degree in 1946 and a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1949.[1] He then practised as a solicitor in Aberdeen for four years before working as a lecturer at the University of Aberdeen from 1953 to 1959. Anton was Professor of Jurisprudence at the University of Glasgow between 1959 and 1973.[2]

Anton was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1972[3] and appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1973 Birthday Honours.[4] He was also awarded with an honorary doctorate from the University of Aberdeen in 1993. He died on 6 June 2011.[2]

References

1. Council of Europe, Yearbook of the European Convention on Human Rights (Martinus Nijhoff, 1984), p. 23.
2. "Anton, Alexander Elder", Who Was Who (online ed., Oxford University Press, December 2016). Retrieved 7 September 2019.
3. "Professor Alexander Anton FBA 1922–2011", The British Academy. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
4. Supplement to the London Gazette, 2 June 1973 (issue 45984), p. 6480.

Further reading

• Paul Reid Beaumont, "The contribution of Alexander (Sandy) Anton to the development of private international law", Juridicial Review (2006), pp. 1–28.