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Obituary: William Ferguson, brilliant Scots historian driven by a scholarly integrity


William Ferguson: An appreciation
FOR William Ferguson, who has died at the age of 96, all historians should start with the facts, because these were the fundamental building blocks of any historical analysis; and it was essential that, as far as possible, the historian should endeavour to uncover, reveal and discover as many as humanly possible pertaining to a particular historical period or person.
In terms of explaining the past, the primacy of archival evidence was his guiding principle, a somewhat old-fashioned approach that has clearly stood the test of time.
Bill’s scholarship was exact, his writing precise and shorn of ambiguity or vagueness, while his integrity demanded that his conclusions be voiced irrespective of, as he put it, ‘fashionable present-day conceits’. ....

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