Richard Ernest Muir
# Richard Ernest Muir

Richard Muir (born 18 June 1943) is a British landscape archaeologist and author 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. He has been a lecturer in geography at several British and Irish universities.

## Publications

He has been widely published for over 30 years on landscape history. He founded and initially edited the journal Landscapes. 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)
