David Crane (historian)

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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? (Witnessing Waterloo).

Awards and honours

2013 Samuel Johnson Prize shortlist for Empires of the Dead{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/gallery/2013/sep/30/samuel-johnson-prize-shortlist-gallery |title=Samuel Johnson prize 2013 shortlist – in pictures |date=30 September 2013 |author=Charlotte Higgins |work=The Guardian |accessdate=30 September 2013}}
2013 Hessell-Tiltman Prize shortlist for Empires of the Dead{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2014/04/09/david-reynolds-wins-pen-hessell-tiltman-prize/ |title=David Reynolds wins PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize |newspaper=The Washington Post |author=Timothy R. Smith |date=April 9, 2014 |accessdate=June 7, 2014}}

Lord Byron's Jackal: A Life of Trelawny (1999)[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/185425669 WorldCat]
The Kindness of Sisters: Annabella Milbanke and the Destruction of the Byrons (2002), held in 390 libraries according to WorldCat[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49225984 WorldCat]
Scott of the Antarctic: A Life of Courage and Tragedy in the Extreme South (2006)[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/310154406 WorldCat]
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)