Tom Devine

Professor Sir Thomas Martin Devine OBE is a Scottish historian and academic.

Early life

Devine was born in Motherwell, Scotland.[1] His father was a schoolteacher.[2] He graduated from the University of Strathclyde in 1968.[3]

Academic career

He was appointed professor of Scottish History at the University of Strathclyde in 1988. He later became dean of the faculty of arts and social sciences, then deputy principal.[4]

In 2005 he was appointed to the Sir William Fraser Chair of Scottish History at the University of Edinburgh.[5] He remained in this chair until 2011 and was director of the Scottish Centre for Diaspora studies until the summer of 2014.[4]

Awards and honours

Devine was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1992[6] and the British Academy in 1994.[7] He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society[8]

He was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2005 New Year Honours.[9]

He was knighted in the 2014 Birthday Honours.[10]

References

  1. ↑ McCall, Chris. "200 Voices. Sir Tom Devine: The historian telling Scotland's story". The Scotsman. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "The SRB Interview: Tom Devine". Scottish Review of Books. 12 August 2010. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  3. ↑ "Helping to shape the future of your newspaper". The Scotsman. 26 January 2007. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  4. 1 2 "Historian retires to write new chapter". Edinburgh Evening News. 14 May 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  5. ↑ "Tom Devine doubling up". The Scotsman. 29 April 2005. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  6. ↑ "Fellow. Thomas Devine". Royal Society of Edinburgh. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  7. ↑ "Fellows: Professor Sir Thomas Devine". British Academy. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  8. ↑ "Fellows - D" (PDF). Royal Historical Society. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  9. ↑ "New Year Honours". Times Higher Education. 7 January 2005. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  10. ↑ Christie, Kevan; Gardner, Claire (14 June 2014). "Scots feature in Queen's Birthday Honours List". The Scotsman. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
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