David Wootton (historian)

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).

Anniversary Professor David Wootton FRHistS
Born	(1952-01-15) 15 January 1952 Winchester, Hampshire, England
Nationality	British
Alma mater	Balliol College, Oxford Peterhouse, Cambridge (MA, Ph.D.)
Scientific career
Fields	History, Intellectual history, Cultural history, History of political thought