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.
He received his undergraduate training at the University of St. Andrews, where he also carried out his doctoral research, on medieval Galloway. 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).
In June 2014, Oram was appointed president of the Scottish Castles Association, a registered charity.[1][2]
- ^ "A new President for SCA". Scottish Castles Association. 12 June 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
- ^ "Scottish Castles Association, SC029654". Scottish Charity Register. Retrieved 24 March 2015.