Richard Oram

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{{Short description|Scottish historian}}

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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.{{Cite web |title=Professor Richard Oram {{!}} University of Stirling |url=https://www.stir.ac.uk/people/255816 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241204153316/https://www.stir.ac.uk/people/255816 |archive-date=4 December 2024 |access-date=2024-12-15 |website=www.stir.ac.uk |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Richard D. Oram {{!}} Birlinn Ltd - Independent Scottish Publisher |url=https://birlinn.co.uk/contributor/richard-oram/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241215152002/https://birlinn.co.uk/contributor/richard-oram/ |archive-date=15 December 2024 |access-date=2024-12-15 |website=Birlinn Ltd |language=en-GB}} 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).{{Cite journal |last=Sellar |first=David |date=2016-05-01 |title=Richard D. Oram (ed.), The Lordship of the Isles |url=https://www.euppublishing.com/doi/full/10.3366/nor.2016.0114 |journal=Northern Scotland |volume=7 |issue=1 |pages=103–107 |doi=10.3366/nor.2016.0114 |issn=0306-5278|url-access=subscription }}

In June 2014, Oram was appointed president of the Scottish Castles Association, a registered charity.{{cite web |date=12 June 2014 |title=A new President for SCA |url=http://www.scottishcastlesassociation.com/knowledge-base/news/richard-oram-sca-president.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150501113633/http://www.scottishcastlesassociation.com/knowledge-base/news/richard-oram-sca-president.htm |archive-date=1 May 2015 |access-date=24 March 2015 |publisher=Scottish Castles Association}} In October 2023, Oram was made a trustee of National Museums Scotland for a four year term.{{Cite web |date=2023-08-18 |title=Museum appointment for Stirling professor {{!}} About |url=https://www.stir.ac.uk/news/2023/august-2023-news/museum-appointment-for-stirling-professor/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241215145409/https://www.stir.ac.uk/news/2023/august-2023-news/museum-appointment-for-stirling-professor/ |archive-date=15 December 2024 |access-date=2024-12-15 |website=University of Stirling |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Professor Richard Oram |url=https://www.nms.ac.uk/profile/prof-richard-oram |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241215145538/https://www.nms.ac.uk/profile/prof-richard-oram |archive-date=15 December 2024 |access-date=2024-12-15 |website=National Museums Scotland |language=en}}