![]() He attended Our Lady's High school in Motherwell, where, he has recounted, he gave up history in his second year because the way that history was taught at the time was "endlessly boring", choosing geography instead. His father benefited from what savings they accrued from working in the steel and coal industries, and went to university, going on to become a life-long schoolteacher. His four grandparents had migrated from British-ruled Ireland in 1890. ![]() His family is Scots-Irish from Irish Catholic roots. ![]() Thomas Martin Devine was born on 30 July 1945 in Motherwell, Scotland. He is an advocate of the total history approach to the history of Scotland.īefore his retirement, he was a professor at the University of Strathclyde, the University of Aberdeen and the University of Edinburgh. He is known for his overviews of modern Scottish history. Sir Thomas Martin Devine OBE FRHistS FRSE FBA (born 30 July 1945) is a Scottish academic and author, who specializes in the history of Scotland. For persons of a similar name, see Thomas Devine (disambiguation).
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