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 ^[usurped] . 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