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