Member for:
Mid Scotland and Fife

Party:
Scottish National Party

Date of Birth:
21 September 1944

Place of Birth:
Motherwell, Scotland

Religious Affiliation:
Church of Scotland

Family Information:
Widowed

Education:
1949-56: St Boswells Primary School

1956-62: Kelso High School and the Royal High School, Edinburgh

1962-66: Edinburgh University (M.A. First Class Honours in History)

July 1972: Ph.D. in History, University of Edinburgh

Career History:
1968-69: Tutorial Assistant in History, Edinburgh University

1969-80: Lecturer, Senior Lecturer and Acting Head of History, Open University

1980-2007: Professor of British and Irish Studies, Tübingen University, Baden-Württemberg

since 1996: Honorary Professor of Politics, University of Wales, Aberystwyth

since 1999: Honorary Professor of History, Strathclyde University

since 2001: President of the Scottish Association for Public Transport