David Reynolds (English historian)
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David Reynolds FBA
(born February 17, 1952) is Professor of International History and a Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge
. He was educated at Dulwich College
, then Cambridge and Harvard
Universities. He has held visiting posts at Harvard, Nebraska and Oklahoma, as well as at Nihon University
in Tokyo. He was awarded the Wolfson Prize for History
, 2004, and elected a Fellow of the British Academy
in 2005.
In addition to teaching Reynolds often appears on television presenting programmes on twentieth century history. He is married with one son.
British Academy
The British Academy is the United Kingdom's national body for the humanities and the social sciences. Its purpose is to inspire, recognise and support excellence in the humanities and social sciences, throughout the UK and internationally, and to champion their role and value.It receives an annual...
(born February 17, 1952) is Professor of International History and a Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge
Christ's College, Cambridge
Christ's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.With a reputation for high academic standards, Christ's College averaged top place in the Tompkins Table from 1980-2000 . In 2011, Christ's was placed sixth.-College history:...
. He was educated at Dulwich College
Dulwich College
Dulwich College is an independent school for boys in Dulwich, southeast London, England. The college was founded in 1619 by Edward Alleyn, a successful Elizabethan actor, with the original purpose of educating 12 poor scholars as the foundation of "God's Gift". It currently has about 1,600 boys,...
, then Cambridge and Harvard
Harvard College
Harvard College, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is one of two schools within Harvard University granting undergraduate degrees...
Universities. He has held visiting posts at Harvard, Nebraska and Oklahoma, as well as at Nihon University
Nihon University
Nihon University is the largest university in Japan. Akiyoshi Yamada, the minister of justice, founded Nihon Law School in October 1889....
in Tokyo. He was awarded the Wolfson Prize for History
Wolfson History Prize
The Wolfson History Prizes are literary awards given annually in the United Kingdom to promote and encourage standards of excellence in the writing of history for the general public...
, 2004, and elected a Fellow of the British Academy
British Academy
The British Academy is the United Kingdom's national body for the humanities and the social sciences. Its purpose is to inspire, recognise and support excellence in the humanities and social sciences, throughout the UK and internationally, and to champion their role and value.It receives an annual...
in 2005.
In addition to teaching Reynolds often appears on television presenting programmes on twentieth century history. He is married with one son.
Books
- The Creation of the Anglo-American Alliance, 1937-1941: A Study in Competitive Co-operation (1981) Univ of North Carolina Press ISBN 0807815071 (Awarded the Bernath Prize by the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations, 1982)
- An Ocean Apart: The Relationship between Britain and America in the 20th Century - co-author David Dimbleby (1988). Hodder & Stoughton ISBN 0340406666 (Linked to BBC/PBS TV series.)
- Britannia Overruled: British Policy and World Power in the 20th Century (1991) Longman ISBN 0582437253
- Allies at War: The Soviet, American and British Experience 1939-1945 (Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute Series on Diplomatic and Economic History) by David Reynolds (Editor), Warren F. Kimball (Editor), A. O. Chubarian (Editor) (1994) Palgrave MacMillan ISBN 0312102593
- The Origins of the Cold War in Europe: International Perspectives (1994) Yale University Press ISBN 0300058926
- Rich Relations: The American Occupation of Britain, 1942-1945 (1995) Random House ISBN 0517168715 (Awarded the US Society for Military History's Distinguished Book Award, 1996)
- One World Divisible: A Global History since 1945 (2000) Allen Lane ISBN 0713994614
- From Munich to Pearl Harbor: Roosevelt's America and the Origins of the Second World War (2001) Ivan R Dee ISBN 1566633893
- In Command of History: Churchill Fighting and Writing the Second World War (2004) Random House ISBN 0679457437 (Awarded the Wolfson History Prize, 2004)
- Christ's: A Cambridge College Over Five Centuries (2005) MacMillan ISBN 0333989880
- From World War to Cold War: Churchill, Roosevelt, and the International History of the 1940s (2006) Oxford University Press ISBN 0199284113
- Summits: Six Meetings That Shaped the Twentieth Century (2007) Allen Lane ISBN 0713999179
Broadcasting (as writer and presenter)
- Churchill's Forgotten Years (2004) - BBC 4/BBC 2
- The Improbable Mr Attlee (2004) - BBC 4
- Summits (2008) - three-part series: Munich, 1938; Vienna, 1961; Geneva, 1985 (BBC 4)
- Armistice (2008) - BBC2
- Nixon in the Den (2010) - BBC 4
- Empire of LibertyAmerica, Empire of Liberty: A New HistoryAmerica, Empire of Liberty: A New History is a book on the history of the United States by author David Reynolds published in the United Kingdom in January 2009 by Penguin and in the United States in October 2009....
(History of America) - BBC Radio 4BBC Radio 4BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the... - World War Two: 1941 and the Man of Steel (2011) - BBC 4
External links
- http://www.britac.ac.uk/fellowship/directory/ordinary.cfm?letter=R|Directory of Fellows of the British AcademyBritish AcademyThe British Academy is the United Kingdom's national body for the humanities and the social sciences. Its purpose is to inspire, recognise and support excellence in the humanities and social sciences, throughout the UK and internationally, and to champion their role and value.It receives an annual...