Dr Jack Dawson studied Ceramics at Newcastle College of Art - graduating in 1970. He subsequently ran his own studio in the Scottish Borders during the 1970s and was an active member of the Scottish Craft Centre, exhibiting extensively in Britain and abroad. Jack was also elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries (Scot) in 1977. In 1981 he was awarded a BA(Hons) History of Modern Art and Design from Newcastle Polytechnic, and followed this with a post-grad MLitt in History of Art from the University of Glasgow, and a PhD at the University of Sunderland.