Hamish M Scott

Hamish Marshall Scott (12 July 1946 – 7 December 2022) was a Scottish historian and academic. He was Professor of International History (2000 to 2006) then Wardlaw Professor of International History (2006 to 2009) at the University of St Andrews. Having studied at the University of Edinburgh and the London School of Economics, he began his career lecturing at the University of Birmingham.

Life and career Scott was born on 12 July 1946, and received a scholarship to study at George Heriot's School, a private school in Edinburgh, Scotland. From there he proceeded to the University of Edinburgh, before transferring to the London School of Economics for his PhD.

Scott began his teaching career at the University of Birmingham in 1970 before joining the University of St Andrews in 1979, where he remained until his retirement in 2009. From 2017 until his death in 2022, Scott was a senior research fellow at Jesus College, Oxford.

Honours In 2006, Scott was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences. He was elected a Member of the Academia Europaea (MAE) in 2009

Legacy In 2026, Scott's widow Julia Smith established the Hamish Scott Memorial Studentship for a doctoral student in early modern European history at Jesus College, Oxford. Previously, a spend-down graduate studentship in Scott's honour, for a master's student in early modern history, had been inaugurated at the college in 2024.

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