Richard Oram

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Professor Richard Oram F.S.A. (Scot.) is a Scottish historian and freelance author. He is a Professor of Medieval and Environmental History at the University of Stirling and an Honorary Lecturer in History at the University of Aberdeen. 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. He did his doctoral research on medieval Galloway, and in 2000 published "The Lordship of Galloway" (Birlinn). He has since gained more prominence as a historian with his biography of King David I of Scotland (Tempus, 2004), and has been chosen to write the High Medieval volume in the "New Edinburgh history of Scotland" series, "Domination and Lordship: Scotland, 1070-1230" (due November, 2007). He has also published works on various Scottish regions, and on the Gaelic Earls of Mar, as well as a more popular work on the Scottish kings.

elected works

* (2000) "The Lordship of Galloway". Edinburgh : John Donald, ISBN 0859765415
* (2004) "David I : the king who made Scotland" : Stroud : Tempus, ISBN 075242825x
*(forthcoming, 2007) "Domination and Lordship: Scotland, 1070-1230"

Collaborations

* with Richard Fawcett: (2004) "Melrose Abbey", UK: Tempus Publishing, ISBN 0752428675

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