ProfessorRichard D. OramF.S.A. (Scot.) is aScottish historian. He is a professor of medieval and environmental history at theUniversity of Stirling. He is also the director of the Centre for Environmental History and Policy at the University of Stirling.
In 1983, he received hisMA in Mediaeval History with Archaeology at theUniversity of St. Andrews, where he also carried out his doctoral research, on medievalGalloway. He joined the University of Stirling in September 2002, having previously been an honorary lecturer in history at theUniversity of Aberdeen.[1][2] In 2000 he publishedThe Lordship of Galloway (Birlinn). He has since written three royal biographies: two of KingDavid I of Scotland (Tempus, 2004;John Donald, 2020), and one ofAlexander II of Scotland (John Donald, 2012); as well as theHigh Medieval volume, volume 3, in the New Edinburgh History of Scotland series, entitledDomination 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 ofNational Museums Scotland for a four year term.[5][6]
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