Richard Ernest Muir

Richard Muir (born 18 June 1943) is a British landscape archaeologist and author^[1][2] living outside Harrogate, Yorkshire.

Education

Muir was awarded his first degree and his doctorate by the University of Aberdeen where he is now an Honorary Research Fellow.^[3] He has been a lecturer in geography at several British and Irish universities.^[4]

Publications

He has been widely published for over 30 years on landscape history.^[4] He founded and initially edited the journal Landscapes.^[5] His works include:

• Modern Political Geography (1975)
• The English Village (1980)
• The Lost Villages of Britain (1982)
• History From The Air (1983)
• The National Trust Guide to Prehistoric and Roman Britain (with H Welfare, 1983)
• The Yorkshire Countryside: A Landscape History (1997)
• Landscape Encyclopaedia (2004)