Sir Alexander Henry Paterson MC, known to his friends as Alec Paterson, was a British penologist who as a Prison Commissioner introduced reforms that would provide a humane regime in penal institutions and encourage rehabilitation among inmates. He was the main force behind the development of Borstals and gained an international reputation as a great prison reformer.
- Occupation
- military personnel
- Born
- November 20, 1884
- Died
- November 7, 1947
