Fiona Watson (historian)

Fiona Watson is a Scottish historian and television presenter. She presented the 2001 BBC series In Search of Scotland.[1]

Watson originates from Dunfermline, and now lives in Braco. She obtained her degree in Medieval History from the University of St. Andrews, followed by a PhD from the University of Glasgow. She is a Research Fellow of the University of Dundee, and was the first Director of the Centre for Environmental History at the University of Stirling,[2] where she was a senior lecturer in history. She is also a research consultant at the Centre for History of the University of the Highlands and Islands.[3]

In 2018 she published the book "Traitor, Outlaw, King", in which she presents the case for Robert The Bruce having been born in a village near Chelmsford in England.[4][5]

Works

  • Scotland: A History, 8000 BC–AD 2000 (2002)
  • Scotland from Pre-History to the Present (2003)
  • Mar Lodge Woods and People (with Mairi Stewart) (2004)
  • Macbeth: a True Story (2010)[6]
  • Under the Hammer: Edward I and Scotland, 1296–1305 (2013)
  • Traitor, Outlaw, King (2018)

References

  1. ^ BBC – History. Accessed 20 June 2014
  2. ^ Battle of Bannockburn – Meet the Experts Archived 12 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 20 June 2014
  3. ^ University of the Highlands and Islands Archived 2014-06-20 at archive.today. Accessed 20 June 2014
  4. ^ Mair, George. "Robert the Bruce was ENGLISH', claims medieval historian". 28 October 2018. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
  5. ^ "Historian claims Robert the Bruce was born in Essex and not Ayrshire". BBC News. 3 November 2018.
  6. ^ Robert Crawford, "Macbeth, A True Story by Fiona Watson", The Guardian Books, 13 March 2010. Accessed 20 June 2014