David Kynaston

David Thomas Anthony Kynaston (/ˈkɪnəstən/; born 30 July 1951^[1] in Aldershot) is an English historian specialising in the social history of England.^[2]

David Kynaston
David Kynaston, Hatchards, London, 2023
Born	David Thomas Anthony Kynaston (1951-07-30) 30 July 1951 (age 74)[1] Aldershot
Academic background
Education	Wellington College
Alma mater	University of Oxford (BA) London School of Economics (PhD)
Thesis	The London Stock Exchange, 1870-1914 : an institutional history (1983)
Academic work
Discipline	History
Sub-discipline	English society
Institutions	Kingston University

Early life and education

Kynaston was educated at Wellington College, Berkshire and New College, Oxford, from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in modern history in 1973,^[1] and was awarded a PhD from the London School of Economics on the history of the London Stock Exchange in 1983.^[3][4]

Career and research

Kynaston became a visiting professor at Kingston University in 2001.^[1] He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2010.^[5]

Tales of a New Jerusalem

David Kynaston King Labour 1976 Title

In 2007 Kynaston published Austerity Britain, 1945–1951 to much acclaim.^[6] The title consists of two books that together make the first volume in a projected series of six entitled Tales of a New Jerusalem. In this series Kynaston intends to chronicle the history of Great Britain from the end of World War II to the ascension of Margaret Thatcher in 1979.^[7] Austerity Britain was named "Book of the Decade" by The Sunday Times.^[8]

Family Britain (2010) is the second volume in the series, and was also released as two books.^[9] It covers the period from 1951 to the Suez crisis of 1956.^[9] The volume was serialised on BBC Radio 4 as its Book of the Week for 23 November 2009, read by Dominic West.^[10]

The third volume, Modernity Britain, covering the years 1957–62, was published as two books in June 2013^[11][12] and 2014.

The first book of the fourth volume, A Northern Wind, covering the years 1962–65, was published in September 2023.

Publications

• King Labour: British Working Class, 1850–1914, 1976^{[ISBN missing]}
• Bobby Abel: Professional Batsman, 1857–1936, 1982^{[ISBN missing]}
• Archie's Last Stand: M.C.C. in New Zealand 1922–23: Being an Account of Mr. A. C. MacLaren's tour and His Last Stand, 1984
• The Financial Times: a centenary history, 1988^{[ISBN missing]}
• WG's Birthday Party, 1990^{[ISBN missing]}
• Cazenove & Co.: a history, 1991^{[ISBN missing]}
• The Bank of England: Money, Power, and Influence 1694–1994, 1995 (edited by Richard Roberts)^{[ISBN missing]}
• The City of London, Volume I: A World of Its Own, 1815–90, 1995^{[ISBN missing]}
• The City of London, Volume II: Golden Years, 1890–1914, 1995^{[ISBN missing]}
• LIFFE: A Market and its Makers, 1997^{[ISBN missing]}
• The City of London, Volume III: Illusions of Gold, 1914–45, 1999^{[ISBN missing]}
• The City of London, Volume IV: Club No More, 1945–2000, 2002 (with Will Sulkin)^{[ISBN missing]}
• Austerity Britain, 1945–51, 2007, reprinted as:^{[ISBN missing]}
  • Austerity Britain: A World to Build, 1945–48, 2008
  • Austerity Britain: Smoke in the Valley, 1948–51, 2008
• Family Britain, 1951–57, 2009
• City of London: The History, 2012^{[ISBN missing]}
• Modernity Britain, 1957–62, 2014, previously published as:
  • Modernity Britain: Opening the Box, 1957–59, 2013^[13][14]
  • Modernity Britain: A Shake of the Dice, 1959–62, 2014
• Till Time's Last Sand: A History of the Bank of England 1694–2013, 2017
• Arlott, Swanton and the Soul of English Cricket, 2018 (with Stephen Fay)
• Engines of Privilege: Britain's private school problem, co-authored with Francis Green^{[15][16][17][18]}
• On the Cusp: Days of '62, 2021
• A Northern Wind: Britain 1962–65, 2023