John Fulton, Baron Fulton
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The Right Honourable The Lord Fulton |
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John Scott Fulton 27 May 1902 Dundee, Scotland |
| Died | 14 March 1986 (aged 83) Thornton-le-Dale, North Yorkshire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | University administrator, public servant |
John Scott Fulton, Baron Fulton (27 May 1902 – 14 March 1986) was a British university administrator and public servant. In education, he served as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Wales and of the University of Sussex, and was chair of the Universities Central Council on Admissions between 1961 and 1964. He also became a Governor of the BBC, serving as Vice-Chairman, led the Committee on the Civil Service which reported in 1968, and was chairman of the British Council from 1968 to 1971.
Fulton was born in Dundee in 1902 and attended the High School of Dundee. He then studied at the University of St Andrews, and at Balliol College, Oxford, where he read classical honour moderations (1924) and literae humaniores (1926). He became a lecturer at the London School of Economics in the same year, before returning to Balliol College in 1928 as a fellow and tutor in philosophy. His title was changed to 'politics' in 1935 and he remained there until 1947, with a period in the Mines Department and in the Ministry of Fuel and Power during World War II. During this time he became a friend and colleague of Harold Wilson.
Between 1947 and 1959, Fulton was principal of University College, Swansea, serving as the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Wales between 1952 and 1954, and between 1958 and 1959. Between 1952 and 1955, he was chairman of the Universities' Council for Adult Education and the council of the National Institute of Adult Education.
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