About David Crane
Born 1942. David Crane is a British historian, writer and literary scholar.
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 2013 Hessell-Tiltman Prize shortlist for Empires of the Dead
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David Crane was born on 2 February 1942.
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