# Bruce Lenman

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'''Bruce Philip Lenman''' is a historian and author specializing in the [Jacobean era](/source/Jacobean_era) of Scottish politics, whose books have been described as “major works” by [The Scottish Historical Review](/source/The_Scottish_Historical_Review).<ref>{{Cite journal |last=BLACK |first=JEREMY |date=1999-04-01 |title=The Jacobite Risings in Britain, 1689–1746. By Bruce Lenman. Pp. 320. ISBN 1 898218 20 X. Aberdeen [now Edinburgh]: Scottish Cultural Press. New paperback edition 1995. £14.95. The Jacobite Clans of the Great Glen, 1650-1784. By Bruce Lenman. Pp.246. ISBN 1 898218 19 6. Aberdeen [now Edinburgh]: Scottish Cultural Press. New paperback edition 1995. £12.95. |url=https://www.euppublishing.com/doi/abs/10.3366/shr.1999.78.1.124?widget=aboutthisjournal |journal=The Scottish Historical Review |volume=78 |issue=1 |pages=124–125 |doi=10.3366/shr.1999.78.1.124 |issn=0036-9241|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

== Biography ==
Lenman was born in [Aberdeen](/source/Aberdeen) in April 1938 to Jacob and May Lenman (nee Wishart). He studied at [Aberdeen Grammar School](/source/Aberdeen_Grammar_School) before attending the [University of Aberdeen](/source/University_of_Aberdeen) and later [St John’s College Cambridge](/source/St_John's_College%2C_Cambridge) as a post graduate.<ref name="auto">{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/whoswhoinscotlan0000unse_s1c5/mode/2up |title=Who's who in Scotland, 1997 |date=1997 |publisher=Irvine [Scotland] : Carrick Media |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-946724-36-9}}</ref>

He went on to hold numerous positions lecturing at various American universities, having established a base in [St Andrews](/source/St_Andrews), whose [University](/source/University_of_St_Andrews) duly granted him the title of [Emeritus](/source/Emeritus) upon his retirement.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rse.org.uk/fellowship/fellow/professor-bruce-lenman-6102/|title=Professor Bruce Lenman|website=Royal Society of Edinburgh}}</ref>

=== Family ===
He is the paternal uncle of musician [Jamie Lenman](/source/Jamie_Lenman).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CkvWOn4juJp/|title=Instagram|website=www.instagram.com}}</ref>

== Selected bibliography ==

* 1975 - From Esk to Tweed
* 1977 - Economic History of Modern Scotland
* 1980 – The Jacobite Risings in Britain, 1689-1746
* 1984 - Jacobite Clans of the Great Glen, 1650-1784
* 1986 - The Jacobite Cause
* 1992 - The Eclipse of Parliament: Appearance and Reality in British Politics Since 1914
* 1993 - Integration and Enlightenment: Scotland, 1746-1832
* 1995 - "Jacobean Goldsmith-Jewellers as Credit-Creators: The Cases of James Mossman, James Cockie and George Heriot", ''Scottish Historical Review'', 74:198 Part 2 (October 1995), pp. 159–177.
* 2000 - England's Colonial Wars 1550-1688
* 2001 - Britain's Colonial Wars, 1688-1783
* 2009 - Enlightenment and Change: Scotland 1746-1832

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