David Eltis
David Eltis | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Historian |
| Awards | American Academy of Arts and Sciences member (2025)
Louis Gottschalk Prize (2012) Anisfield-Wolf Book Award (2011) James A. Rawley Prize (2011) Frederick Douglass Book Prize (2000) |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Durham University (BA) Dalhousie University (B.Ed.) University of Alberta (MA) University of Rochester (PhD) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Emory University Harvard University University of British Columbia |
David Eltis is a Canadian historian and scholar of the transatlantic slave trade. He is Robert W. Woodruff Professor of History Emeritus at Emory University, a Research Associate at the W. E. B. Du Bois Research Institute at Harvard University, and an Adjunct Professor of History at the University of British Columbia. Eltis is recognized as a leading figure in the study of Atlantic slavery and migration, known especially for his work on slavery databases and digital humanities projects.