Education
University of Edinburgh. University of Toronto. University of Guelph.
University of Edinburgh. University of Toronto. University of Guelph.
He is a graduate of the University of Toronto, and did masters work at the University of Guelph. He went on to do his Doctor of Philosophy on the Christianization of Fortriu and its impact of Vikings at the University of Edinburgh, and was a senior lecturer in the School of History, Classics and Archaeology until 2015. Fraser has since returned to Canada as the Chair of the Scottish Studies Foundation at the University of Guelph.
Fraser has completed articles on various dark age topics, including Street Ninian and Adomnán"s Vita Sancti Columbae.
He has published two books relating to Pictish and northern British warfare, and recently authored the first volume in the New Edinburgh History of Scotland series, titled From Caledonia to Pictland: Scotland to 795 (EUP, 2009).