A leading Dundee historian who died last year has won one of Scotland’s top literary prizes for a book he never saw completed.
Professor Charles McKean died of cancer in September 2013 but his final book was named Saltire Book of the Year at a ceremony at Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh on Tuesday night.
He had been appointed head of the school of architecture at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design in 1995 and then took up a position as professor of Scottish architectural history in 1997
Professor McKean was also architecture correspondent for The Times newspaper and Chair of UNESCO Edinburgh World Heritage Trust.
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An expert in architectural history he spent a decade working on The Scottish Town in the Age of the Enlightenment 1740-1820, co-written with Bob Harris, a former professor of history at Dundee University who is now at Oxford University.
However, Professor McKean died before seeing the completed 640-page book, published by Edinburgh University Press.
The book, which sold for a hefty £120, won the 2014 Saltire Society Scottish Research Book of the Year award before being winning the top prize and being named Saltire Book of the Year.