Edward J. Cowan

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Edward James Cowan

FRSE[1]
(15 February 1944 – 2 January 2022) was a Scottish historian.

Biography

Cowan was born on 15 February 1944 in Edinburgh, Midlothian.[2] Educated at Dumfries Academy, in his sixth year he was Head Boy and played Petruchio in a production of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew.[3]

He was a professor of Scottish History at the

Dumfries Campus. He had previously taught at the University of Edinburgh and at the University of Guelph, Ontario. A fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
, he was also a Visiting Professor in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States.

He lived in the Glenkens area of Kirkcudbrightshire. Cowan died from lung cancer on 2 January 2022, at the age of 77.[4]

Books

  • Ed., with Michael Ansell and Ronald Black, Galloway: The Lost Province of Gaelic Scotland (John Dewar Publishers Ltd., 2022) 439pp.
  • Folk in Print: Scotland’s Chapbook Heritage, 1750-1850, with Mike Paterson (Edinburgh: John Donald, 2007) 438pp.
  • Ed. The Wallace Book (Edinburgh: John Donald, 2007) 240pp.
  • 'For Freedom Alone': The Declaration of Arbroath 1320 (East Linton: Tuckwell Press, 2003) 162pp.
  • Scottish History: The Power of the Past, ed. with Richard Finlay (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2002) 279pp.
  • Scottish Fairy Belief: A History, with Lizanne Henderson (East Linton: Tuckwell Press, 2001; Edinburgh: Birlinn, 2007) 242pp.
  • Alba: Celtic Scotland in the Medieval Era, ed. with R. A. McDonald (East Linton: Tuckwell Press, 2000; reprinted 2003) 282pp.
  • Ed. The Ballad in Scottish History (East Linton: Tuckwell Press, 2000) 184pp.
  • Scotland Since 1688: Struggle for a Nation, with Richard Finlay (London: CIMA, 2000) 192pp.
  • The Polar Twins: Scottish History and Scottish Literature, ed. with Douglas Gifford (Edinburgh: John Donald, 1999) 310pp.
  • Ed. The People's Past: Scottish Folk, Scottish History (Edinburgh: Polygon, 1980; reprinted 1995) 223pp.
  • Montrose: For Covenant and King (London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1977; reprinted Edinburgh: Canongate, 1995) 326pp. Winner of a Scottish Arts Council Award.

References

[5]

  1. HonFSAScot
  2. ^ "Election 2005" (PDF). Resource: The Newsletter of Scotland's National Academy. Spring 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 March 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
  3. ISBN 9781399926928
  4. ^ "Ted Cowan obituary". The Times. 12 January 2022. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Honorary Fellows | Society of Antiquaries of Scotland".
Academic offices
Preceded by
Professor of Scottish History and Literature, Glasgow

1994–2012 		Succeeded by
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