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Foveran ( gd, Fobharan) is the name of both a parish and village in
Aberdeenshire Aberdeenshire ( sco, Aiberdeenshire; gd, Siorrachd Obar Dheathain) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. It takes its name from the County of Aberdeen which has substantially different boundaries. The Aberdeenshire Council area incl ...
, Scotland. The village is located north of
Aberdeen Aberdeen (; sco, Aiberdeen ; gd, Obar Dheathain ; la, Aberdonia) is a city in North East Scotland, and is the third most populous city in the country. Aberdeen is one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas (as Aberdeen City), ...
and southeast of Ellon; the main group of houses and the village school are located adjacent to the main A90 trunk road. The origin of the place-name is from the
Scottish Gaelic Scottish Gaelic ( gd, Gàidhlig ), also known as Scots Gaelic and Gaelic, is a Goidelic language (in the Celtic branch of the Indo-European language family) native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a Goidelic language, Scottish Gaelic, as well a ...
word ''fuaran'' indicating a place with a little spring and appears as ''Furene'' in c. 1150. The hereditary baronetcy of Foveran is held by the Turing family (see Turing Baronets). The cryptographer and computing pioneer
Alan Turing Alan Mathison Turing (; 23 June 1912 – 7 June 1954) was an English mathematician, computer scientist, logician, cryptanalyst, philosopher, and theoretical biologist. Turing was highly influential in the development of theoretical c ...
(1912–1954) was uncle to the present Baronet.


Notable people

* William Duff, minister and psychologist, born in Foveran. * Rev John Paterson, minister of Foveran, later Bishop of Ross * Robert Paterson (d.1717) principal of
Marischal College Marischal College ( ) is a large granite building on Broad Street in the centre of Aberdeen in north-east Scotland, and since 2011 has acted as the headquarters of Aberdeen City Council. However, the building was constructed for and is on long- ...
, son of above


References

Villages in Aberdeenshire {{Aberdeenshire-geo-stub