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Scottish economist (1927–2009) For other people named Thomas Johnston, see Thomas Johnston (disambiguation).

Thomas Lothian JohnstonFRSE
Principal of Heriot-Watt University
In office
1981–1988
Preceded byGeorge Murray Burnett
Succeeded byAlistair MacFarlane

Thomas Lothian Johnston FRSE (9 March 1927 in Whitburn, West Lothian – 2009 in Edinburgh) was a Scottish economist. He was professor of Economics at Heriot-Watt University in 1966–1976. He was the President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1993–1996. In 1985 Johnston was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences.

Johnston was the Principal of Heriot-Watt University from 1981 to 1988 and received an Honorary Doctorate from the University in 1989

References

  1. "Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh: Honorary Graduates". www1.hw.ac.uk. Retrieved 4 April 2016.


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