Professor Hamish Scott FBA

History; Western Europe Germany; Early Modern History; Europe
Fellow type
UK Fellow
Year elected
2006
Year of death
2022
Subjects
History

Last post

University of St Andrews Wardlaw Professor of History Emeritus

Jesus College, Oxford Senior Research Fellow

Past appointments

University of St Andrews Wardlaw Professor of International History

2000 -

University of St Andrews Lecturer to Professor

1979 -

University of Birmingham Lecturer in Modern History

1970 - 1978

Publications

British Foreign Policy in the Age of the American Revolution

Published in 1990

The Emergence of the Eastern Powers, 1756-75

Published in 2001

The Birth of a Great Power System, 1740-1815

Published in 2006

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor Sir Christopher Clark FBA

The history of 18th-, 19th- and 20th-century Prussia, Germany and Europe, especially the history of religion and religious conflict, the impact of the revolutions of 1848, the outbreak of the First World War and variations in the historical experience of

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Professor Colin Jones FBA

History of France, especially 17th to 19th centuries; French Revolution; history of medicine; cultural history

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Professor Knud Haakonssen FBA

History of moral, political & legal thought 1600-1800, especially natural law & rights; Enlightenment in Germany, Scandinavia & Scotland; scholarly editions of eighteenth century texts.

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