Fraser, William Hamish, b. 1941, historian

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Fraser, William Hamish, b. 1941, historian

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        b. 1941

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        William Hamish Fraser was appointed Lecturer in History at the University of Strathclyde in 1967 and became Senior Lecturer in 1977. He was Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences from 1987 to 1993, and Professor in History from 1996 until his retirement in 2003, when he became Professor Emeritus.

        Fraser obtained an undergraduate degree at the University of Aberdeen and a PhD in history at the University of Sussex in 1968.

        Fraser published throughout his academic career on Scottish labour and social history. A selection of his publications include:

        • 'Trade Unions and Society: the struggle for acceptance, 1850-1880', 1974
        • 'The Coming of the Mass Market, 1850 -1914', 1981
        • 'Conflict and class: Scottish workers, 1700-1838', 1988
        • 'People and Society in Scotland', 1988
        • 'Alexander Campbell and the Search for Socialism', 1996
        • ‘A History of British Trade Unionism, 1700-1998’, 1999
        • 'Chartism in Scotland', 2010
        • 'The Wars of Archibald Forbes', 2015
        • 'The Edinburgh History of Scottish newspapers', 1850 -1950, 2023

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        University of Strathclyde | Department of History (c. 1963 -)

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        Dates of relationship

        1967 -

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        P1281

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        GB 249

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        ISAAR(CPF): International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families, International Council on Archives (2nd edition, 2003); Rules for the construction of personal, place and corporate names, National Council on Archives (1997).

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        Created by Victoria Peters, April 2023. Amended by Victoria Peters, March 2024.
        Further information written and researched by Madeline Robertson, placement student, and uploaded by Rachael Jones, March 2024.

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            • University of Strathclyde Calendars
            • Brown, Callum., McIvor, Arthur., Rafeek Neil., The University Experience 1945-1975 An oral History of the University of Strathclyde. (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2004.)
            • 'History in the University': Address given by Prof. John Butt at the 26th annual proceedings of the 96 Group, 13 June 1979. (D.907.11.41)
            • University of Strathclyde staff magazines: (Reference: OS/82)

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