David Crane (historian)

David Crane
Born
Scotland
Alma materUniversity of Oxford
Occupation(s)Historian, author

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).