Thomas C. Smout#
| Membership Number: | 2670 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | HISTORY & ARCHAEOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2009 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
Present and Previous Positions
- Professor Emeritus in History at St Andrews University
- 1980 - 1991 Cahir of Scottish History, St Andrews University
- 1970 Professor of Economic History
- 1964 - 1970 Reader, University of Edinburgh
- 1962 - 1964 Lecturer, University of Edinburgh
- 1959 - 1962 Assistant Lecturer, University of Edinburgh
Fields of Scholarship
- Demographic history
- Economic history
- Environmental history
Honours and Awards
- 1999 Ford Lectures in Oxford, published under the title of Nature Contested, Environmental History in Scotland and Northern England since 1600
- 1993 Historiographer Royal of Scotland
- Member of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland
- Member of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, 2002 - 2005
- 1994 Order of the British Empire, Commander
- 1999 University of St Andrews, honorary doctorate
- 1996 University of Edinburgh, honorary doctorate
- 2001 University of Glasgow, honorary doctorate
- 2002 University of Stirling, honorary doctorate
- Fellow of the British Academy
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
- Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
