Rab Houston
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History
Rab Houston is a distinguished historian specializing in Scottish and English social history.
As a Professor of History at the University of St Andrews, he focuses on English social history from 1500 to 1800.
His research extends to various aspects of European social history, including literacy, urbanization, medical history, and demography.
Houston's expertise in Scottish history is recognized by his status as Scotland's only historian elected as a Fellow of the Academia Europaea.
His name, Rab, is a Scottish variant of Robert.
Houston is married to a university manager and continues to contribute significantly to the field of social history.
