Professor Richard D. Oram
F.S.A. (Scot.) is a
Scottish historian. He is a professor of medieval and environmental history at the
University of Stirling
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and an honorary lecturer in history at the
University of Aberdeen
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. He is also the director of the Centre for Environmental History and Policy at the University of Stirling.
He received his undergraduate training at the
University of St. Andrews
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, where he also carried out his doctoral research, on medieval
Galloway
Galloway ( ; sco, Gallowa; la, Gallovidia) is a region in southwestern Scotland comprising the historic counties of Wigtownshire and Kirkcudbrightshire. It is administered as part of the council area of Dumfries and Galloway.
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. In 2000 he published ''The Lordship of Galloway'' (Birlinn). He has since written a biography of King
David I of Scotland
David I or Dauíd mac Maíl Choluim ( Modern: ''Daibhidh I mac haoilChaluim''; – 24 May 1153) was a 12th-century ruler who was Prince of the Cumbrians from 1113 to 1124 and later King of Scotland from 1124 to 1153. The youngest son of Mal ...
(Tempus, 2004), and the
High Medieval volume, volume 3, in the New Edinburgh History of Scotland series, entitled ''Domination and Lordship: Scotland, 1070-1230'' (2011).
In June 2014, Oram was appointed president of the Scottish Castles Association, a registered charity.
Selected works
* (2000) ''The Lordship of Galloway''. John Donald.
* (2004) ''David I : the king who made Scotland''.
Tempus
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.
* (2011) ''Domination and Lordship: Scotland, 1070-1230''.
Edinburgh University Press. (hardback), (paperback)
Collaborations
* with
Richard Fawcett
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: (2004) ''Melrose Abbey''.
Tempus
Tempus is a Latin word meaning time and a Finnish, Swedish and German word meaning grammatical tense. It may also refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Television
*"Tempus, Anyone?", 1996 episode of ''Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Super ...
.
References
Staff Profile Page (University of Stirling)
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Academics of the University of Stirling
Alumni of the University of St Andrews
British medievalists
21st-century Scottish historians
Castellologists
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