David Crane (historian)

David Crane is a Scottish historian and author.

David Crane
Born	Scotland
Alma mater	University of Oxford
Occupation(s)	Historian, 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? (Witnessing Waterloo).

Awards and honours

• 2013 Samuel Johnson Prize shortlist for Empires of the Dead^[1]
• 2013 Hessell-Tiltman Prize shortlist for Empires of the Dead^[2]

Bibliography

• Lord Byron's Jackal: A Life of Trelawny (1999)^[3]
• The Kindness of Sisters: Annabella Milbanke and the Destruction of the Byrons (2002), held in 390 libraries according to WorldCat^[4]
• Scott of the Antarctic: A Life of Courage and Tragedy in the Extreme South (2006)^[5]
• Empires of the Dead: How One Man's Vision led to the Creation of WWI's World Graves (2013)
• Went the Day Well? (Witnessing Waterloo) (2015)