Richard Oram
Professor Richard D. Oram F.S.A. 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. In 2000 he published The Lordship of Galloway. He has since written three royal biographies: two of King David I of Scotland, and one of Alexander II of Scotland ; as well as the High Medieval volume, volume 3, in the New Edinburgh History of Scotland series, entitled Domination and Lordship: Scotland, 1070-1230.
In June 2014, Oram was appointed president of the Scottish Castles Association, a registered charity. In October 2023, Oram was made a trustee of National Museums Scotland for a four year term.
Selected works
- The Lordship of Galloway. John Donald.
- David I : the king who made Scotland. Tempus.
- Domination and Lordship: Scotland, 1070-1230. Edinburgh University Press. ,
- Alexander II: King of Scots 1214-1249, John Donald.
- "Living on the Level", Architectural Heritage, 36.
- David I: King of Scots, 1124-1153. John Donald.
- An Environmental History of Scotland, 3 vols. John Donald.
- Where Men No More May Reap or Sow - The Little Ice Age: Scotland 1400–1850.
- Standing on the Edge of Being: Scotland 1850 to COP 26.
- A Land Won from Waste: Scotland AD 400–1400.
Collaborations
- with Richard Fawcett: Melrose Abbey. Tempus.