Professor Richard J. Finlay

FRHistS The Royal Historical Society, founded in 1868, is a learned society of the United Kingdom which advances scholarly studies of history. Origins The society was founded and received its royal charter in 1868. Until 1872 it was known as the Histori ...

is the current Head of the School of Humanities at the

University of Strathclyde The University of Strathclyde ( gd, Oilthigh Shrath Chluaidh) is a public research university located in Glasgow, Scotland. Founded in 1796 as the Andersonian Institute, it is Glasgow's second-oldest university, having received its royal chart ...

and the author of a number of books, particularly on the

modern history of Scotland Scotland in the modern era, from the end of the Jacobite risings and beginnings of industrialisation in the 18th century to the present day, has played a major part in the economic, military and political history of the United Kingdom, British ...

. He has previously articulated the view that history has an important place in a modern democracy.

Publications

Some of his main publications include: * * * He has also edited such books as: * * * *

References

Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Historians of Scotland Place of birth missing (living people) Academics of the University of Strathclyde Scottish political writers 20th-century Scottish historians Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Alumni of the University of Stirling Fellows of the Royal Historical Society 21st-century Scottish historians {{UK-historian-stub