Bruce Philip Lenman is a historian and author specializing in the

Jacobean era The Jacobean era was the period in English and Scotland, Scottish history that coincides with the reign of James VI and I, James VI of Scotland who also inherited the crown of England in 1603 as James I. The Jacobean era succeeds the Elizabeth ...

of Scottish politics, whose books have been described as “major works” by

The Scottish Historical Review ''The Scottish Historical Review'' is an academic journal in the field of Scottish historical studies. It covers Scottish history from the early to the modern period, encouraging a variety of historical approaches. It superseded ''The Scottish ...

Biography

Lenman was born in

Aberdeen Aberdeen ( ; ; ) is a port city in North East Scotland, and is the List of towns and cities in Scotland by population, third most populous Cities of Scotland, Scottish city. Historically, Aberdeen was within the historic county of Aberdeensh ...

in April 1938 to Jacob and May Lenman (nee Wishart). He studied at

Aberdeen Grammar School Aberdeen Grammar School is a state secondary school in Aberdeen, Scotland. It is one of thirteen secondary schools run by the Aberdeen City Council educational department. It is the oldest school in the city and one of the oldest schools in the ...

before attending the

University of Aberdeen The University of Aberdeen (abbreviated ''Aberd.'' in List of post-nominal letters (United Kingdom), post-nominals; ) is a public university, public research university in Aberdeen, Scotland. It was founded in 1495 when William Elphinstone, Bis ...

and later St John’s College Cambridge as a post graduate. He went on to hold numerous positions lecturing at various American universities, having established a base in

St Andrews St Andrews (; ; , pronounced ʰʲɪʎˈrˠiː.ɪɲ is a town on the east coast of Fife in Scotland, southeast of Dundee and northeast of Edinburgh. St Andrews had a recorded population of 16,800 , making it Fife's fourth-largest settleme ...

, whose

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duly granted him the title of

Emeritus ''Emeritus/Emerita'' () is an honorary title granted to someone who retires from a position of distinction, most commonly an academic faculty position, but is allowed to continue using the previous title, as in "professor emeritus". In some c ...

upon his retirement.

Family

He is the paternal uncle of musician

Jamie Lenman Jamie Edward Lenman (born 9 November 1982) is an English musician and illustrator. He was the lead singer, guitarist and main songwriter for British alternative rock trio Reuben from 2001 to 2008. He also works as an illustrator, which he made ...

Selected bibliography

* 1975 - From Esk to Tweed * 1977 - Economic History of Modern Scotland * 1980 – The Jacobite Risings in Britain, 1689-1746 * 1984 - Jacobite Clans of the Great Glen, 1650-1784 * 1986 - The Jacobite Cause * 1992 - The Eclipse of Parliament: Appearance and Reality in British Politics Since 1914 * 1993 - Integration and Enlightenment: Scotland, 1746-1832 * 1995 - "Jacobean Goldsmith-Jewellers as Credit-Creators: The Cases of James Mossman, James Cockie and George Heriot", ''Scottish Historical Review'', 74:198 Part 2 (October 1995), pp. 159–177. * 2000 - England's Colonial Wars 1550-1688 * 2001 - Britain's Colonial Wars, 1688-1783 * 2009 - Enlightenment and Change: Scotland 1746-1832

References

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