David Wootton (historian)

Born (1952-01-15) 15 January 1952 (age 74)

Winchester, Hampshire, England

AlmamaterBalliol College, Oxford
Peterhouse, Cambridge (MA, Ph.D.)

FieldsHistory, Intellectual history, Cultural history, History of political thought

Anniversary Professor David Wootton FRHistS
Born	(1952-01-15) 15 January 1952 (age 74) 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).