Richard Oram

Richard Oram in 2024

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. He is also the director of the Centre for Environmental History and Policy at the University of Stirling.

In 1983, he received his MA in Mediaeval History with Archaeology at the University of St. Andrews, where he also carried out his doctoral research, on medieval Galloway. He joined the University of Stirling in September 2002, having previously been an honorary lecturer in history at the University of Aberdeen.^[1][2] In 2000 he published The Lordship of Galloway (Birlinn). He has since written three royal biographies: two of King David I of Scotland (Tempus, 2004; John Donald, 2020), and one of Alexander II of Scotland (John Donald, 2012); as well as the High Medieval volume, volume 3, in the New Edinburgh History of Scotland series, entitled Domination and Lordship: Scotland, 1070-1230 (Edinburgh University Press, 2011).^[3]

In June 2014, Oram was appointed president of the Scottish Castles Association, a registered charity.^[4] In October 2023, Oram was made a trustee of National Museums Scotland for a four year term.^[5][6]

Selected works

• (2000) The Lordship of Galloway. John Donald (Birlinn). ISBN 0-85976-541-5 (paperback)
• (2004) David I : the king who made Scotland. Tempus. ISBN 0-7524-2825-X
• (2011) Domination and Lordship: Scotland, 1070-1230. Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 978-0-7486-1496-7 (hardback), ISBN 978-0-7486-1497-4 (paperback)
• (2012) Alexander II: King of Scots 1214-1249, John Donald. ISBN 978-0-7486-1497-4 (paperback)
• (2020) David I: King of Scots, 1124-1153. John Donald. ISBN 978-1910900291 (hardback)
• (2024–25) An Environmental History of Scotland, 3 vols. John Donald.
  • (2024) Where Men No More May Reap or Sow - The Little Ice Age: Scotland 1400–1850. ISBN 978-0859767170 (hardback)
  • (2024) Standing on the Edge of Being: Scotland 1850 to COP 26. ISBN 978-0859767187 (hardback)
  • (2025) A Land Won from Waste: Scotland AD 400–1400. ISBN 978-0859767194 (hardback)

Collaborations

• with Richard Fawcett: (2004) Melrose Abbey. Tempus. ISBN 0-7524-2867-5

References

1. "Professor Richard Oram | University of Stirling". www.stir.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 4 December 2024. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
2. "Richard D. Oram | Birlinn Ltd - Independent Scottish Publisher". Birlinn Ltd. Archived from the original on 15 December 2024. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
3. Sellar, David (1 May 2016). "Richard D. Oram (ed.), The Lordship of the Isles". Northern Scotland. 7 (1): 103–107. doi:10.3366/nor.2016.0114. ISSN 0306-5278.
4. "A new President for SCA". Scottish Castles Association. 12 June 2014. Archived from the original on 1 May 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
5. "Museum appointment for Stirling professor | About". University of Stirling. 18 August 2023. Archived from the original on 15 December 2024. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
6. "Professor Richard Oram". National Museums Scotland. Archived from the original on 15 December 2024. Retrieved 15 December 2024.

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