David Wootton (historian)
Anniversary Professor David Wootton | |
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| Born | 15 January 1952 Winchester, Hampshire, England |
| Alma mater | Balliol College, Oxford Peterhouse, Cambridge (MA, Ph.D.) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | History, Intellectual history, Cultural history, History of political thought |
David Richard John Wootton (born 15 January 1952) is a British historian. He is Anniversary Professor of History at the University of York. He has given the Raleigh Lecture at the British Academy (2008); the Carlyle Lectures at the University of Oxford (2014); the Benedict Lectures at Boston University (2014); and the Besterman Lecture at Oxford University (2017).