Trust (SCAPE), Chairman. Institute of Scottish Historical Research, 2007. Royal appointments Historiographer Royal of Scotland, 1993. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, 2002–5. Selected works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Smout TC, MacDonald Alan R & Watson Fiona. A History of the Native Woodlands of Scotland, 1500 - 1920. Edinburgh 2005 Honours Order of the British Empire, Commander, 1994. University of St Andrews, honorary doctorate, 1999. University of Edinburgh, honorary doctorate, 1996. University of Glasgow, honorary doctorate, 2001. University of Stirling, honorary doctorate, 2002. British Academy, fellow. Royal Society of Edinburgh, fellow. Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, fellow Notes References Devine, Thomas Martin and Paddy Logue, (2002). Being Scottish: Personal Reflections on Scottish Identity Today. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. External links University of Edinburgh: "Debating the Union of 1707." 10 January 2007—streaming audio 1933 births Living people Academics of the University of Edinburgh Academics of the University of St Andrews 20th-century Scottish historians Environmental historians Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Fellows of the British Academy Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh People educated at The Leys School Alumni of Clare College, Cambridge Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 21st-century Scottish historians