Neil Davidson | |
|---|---|
| Born | 9 October 1957 |
| Died | 3 May 2020 (aged 62) |
| Education | Aberdeen Grammar School |
| Alma mater | Open University |
| Occupation(s) | Author, historian, sociologist, civil servant, political activist |
| Employer(s) | Scottish Office (1987–1999) Scottish Government (1999-2008) University of Strathclyde (2008–2013) University of Glasgow (from 2013) |
| Notable work | The Origins of Scottish Nationhood (2000) Discovering the Scottish Revolution, 1692-1746 (2003) How Revolutionary Were the Bourgeois Revolutions? (2012) |
| Awards | Isaac and Tamara Deutscher Memorial Prize Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun Award |
Neil Davidson (9 October 1957 – 3 May 2020) was a left-wing Scottish intellectual and activist, best known for his work in Marxist history and the modern history of Scotland. In 2003, his book Discovering the Scottish Revolution was awarded the Saltire Society's Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun Award and the Isaac and Tamara Deutscher Memorial Prize.[1] He has been described as a 'working-class autodidact of a rare kind, and undoubtedly the foremost intellectual of his generation on the Scottish radical left.'[2]
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