Thomas Christopher Smout CBE FBA FRSE FSA Scot FRSGS (born 19 December 1933) is a Scottish academic, historian, author and Historiographer Royal in Scotland.
At St Andrews University from 1980 to 1991, Smout held the Chair of Scottish History.
[3] Smout was a visiting professor at the University of Strathclyde from 1991; and he has lectured in Japan, in China, in the United States, in Canada and in Australia.
For example, Smout has argued that conservationists should judge species based on whether or not they are pests, ignoring their origins.
[5] Smout used his position to argue in favour of reviving the title "Princess Lyon".