Chris Harvie MSP
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Chris Harvie MSPMSP Mid scotland & fife region |
Constituency Office
53 Kirk Wynd
Kirkcaldy
KY1 1EH
Parliamentary Office
The Scottish Parliament
Edinburgh
EH99 1SP
Phone : 0131 348 6765
Fax : 0131 348 6767
Biography
Professor Christopher Harvie was born in Motherwell on September 21, 1944. His father was a schoolteacher and he grew up in the border village of St Boswells, where the family lived until 1958.
Thereafter he attended the Royal High School and University of Edinburgh, graduating with first class Honours in History in 1966 and being awarded his PhD for a thesis on 'University Liberalism and Democracy, 1860-1886.'
He taught at the Open University from 1969 until 1980 when he moved to the University of Tübingen in Germany to teach British and Irish Studies.
Professor Harvie also has honorary chairs at Aberystwyth and Strathclyde. He has written on North Sea oil, the British political novel and European regionalisation. His books include Scottish history, Scotland and Nationalism, Deep Fried Hillman Imp: Scotland's Transport and Scotland: a Short History, and No Gods and Precious Few Heroes: Scotland since 1914.
He currently serves on the Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee.
