David Crane (historian)

David Crane is a Scottish historian and author.
Crane read history and English at University of Oxford before becoming a lecturer at universities in the Netherlands, Japan, and Africa. He lives in northwest Scotland.
He has written two books about Lord Byron and his family; a biography of explorer Robert Falcon Scott; and a book about World War I grave monuments. He has also written a book about The Battle of Waterloo called Went the Day Well?.

Awards and honours

2013 Samuel Johnson Prize shortlist for Empires of the Dead
2013 Hessell-Tiltman Prize shortlist for ''Empires of the Dead''