Lynch Michael

Scottish historian and a leading expert in the history of the Scottish Reformation and pre-modern urbanisation in the Scottish kingdom. In 2010, five years after his retirement, he was described by one reviewer as one of the most influential historians in Scotland of the last thirty years, whose work has been characterised by an ability to bring ecclesiastical, cultural and urban perspectives to traditional Scottish political and governmental histories, as well as the ability to clarify a difficult theory within a deceptively simple phrase. In 1993, he was appointed Sir William Fraser Professor of Scottish History and Palaeography at Edinburgh University, holding this Chair—the oldest and most distinguished Scottish history professorship in the world—until his retirement in 2005. As Professor he served as chairman of the Ancient Monuments Board for Scotland (1996-2002), president of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (1996-1999), and a trustee of the National Museum of Scotland (2002-2005). Upon his retirement, Lynch was named an honorary research professor at Edinburgh, and latterly an honorary professorial fellow at the same university. Link to Wikipedia Read less