David Kynaston | |
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Born | David Thomas Anthony Kynaston 30 July 1951 [1] |
Academic background | |
Education | Wellington College |
Alma mater |
University of Oxford (BA) London School of Economics (PhD) |
Thesis | The London Stock Exchange, 1870-1914 : an institutional history (1983) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | History |
Sub-discipline | English society |
Institutions | Kingston University |
David Thomas Anthony Kynaston ( /ˈkɪnəstən/; born 30 July 1951 [1] in Aldershot) is an English historian specialising in the social history of England. [2]
Kynaston was educated at Wellington College, Berkshire and New College, Oxford, from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in modern history in 1973, [1] and was awarded a PhD from the London School of Economics on the history of the London Stock Exchange in 1983. [3] [4]
Kynaston became a Visiting Professor at Kingston University in 2001. [1]
In 2007 Kynaston published Austerity Britain, 1945–1951 to much acclaim. [5] The title consists of two books that together make the first volume in a projected series of six entitled Tales of a New Jerusalem. In this series Kynaston intends to chronicle the history of Great Britain from the end of World War II to the ascension of Margaret Thatcher in 1979. [6] Austerity Britain was named "Book of the Decade" by The Sunday Times. [7]
Family Britain (2010) is the second volume in the series, and was also released as two books. [8] It covers the period from 1951 to the Suez crisis of 1956. [8] The volume was serialised on BBC Radio 4 as its Book of the Week for 23 November 2009, read by Dominic West. [9]
The third volume, Modernity Britain, covering the years 1957–62, was published as two books in June 2013 [10] [11] and 2014.
The first book of the fourth volume, A Northern Wind, covering the years 1962-65, was published in September 2023.
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David Kynaston | |
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Born | David Thomas Anthony Kynaston 30 July 1951 [1] |
Academic background | |
Education | Wellington College |
Alma mater |
University of Oxford (BA) London School of Economics (PhD) |
Thesis | The London Stock Exchange, 1870-1914 : an institutional history (1983) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | History |
Sub-discipline | English society |
Institutions | Kingston University |
David Thomas Anthony Kynaston ( /ˈkɪnəstən/; born 30 July 1951 [1] in Aldershot) is an English historian specialising in the social history of England. [2]
Kynaston was educated at Wellington College, Berkshire and New College, Oxford, from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in modern history in 1973, [1] and was awarded a PhD from the London School of Economics on the history of the London Stock Exchange in 1983. [3] [4]
Kynaston became a Visiting Professor at Kingston University in 2001. [1]
In 2007 Kynaston published Austerity Britain, 1945–1951 to much acclaim. [5] The title consists of two books that together make the first volume in a projected series of six entitled Tales of a New Jerusalem. In this series Kynaston intends to chronicle the history of Great Britain from the end of World War II to the ascension of Margaret Thatcher in 1979. [6] Austerity Britain was named "Book of the Decade" by The Sunday Times. [7]
Family Britain (2010) is the second volume in the series, and was also released as two books. [8] It covers the period from 1951 to the Suez crisis of 1956. [8] The volume was serialised on BBC Radio 4 as its Book of the Week for 23 November 2009, read by Dominic West. [9]
The third volume, Modernity Britain, covering the years 1957–62, was published as two books in June 2013 [10] [11] and 2014.
The first book of the fourth volume, A Northern Wind, covering the years 1962-65, was published in September 2023.
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