David Robin Watson was senior lecturer in History at the University of Dundee for many years until his retirement. His field is European history, especially French; after writing a major biography of Clemenceau more than 30 years ago, he continued to research and write upon his life and on related topics in French and European history. His principal publications are The Nationalist Movement in Paris 1900-1906 (1962), Marcel Proust and Joseph Reinach, Modern Languages Review (1966), 'The treaty of Versailles' in N Waites (ed.), Troubled Neighbours (1971), Life of Charles I (1972), Clemenceau, A Political Biography (1974), 'France, Europe and the World since 1880' in J McMillan (ed.), The Oxford History of Modern France (2003). He has also published a large number of articles in academic periodicals and in collective works including 'The Franco-Soviet negotiations of 1924-7' in G Johnson (ed.), Locarno Revisited, European Diplomacy 1920-29 (2004), 'Les contacts de Clemenceau avec Angleterre' in S Brodziak (ed.), Clemenceau et le Monde Anglo-saxon (2005) and 'Clemenceau's contacts with England' in Diplomacy and Statecraft (17 December 2006).