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David Cannadine

デイヴィッド・キャナダイン　/　でいゔぃっど・きゃなだいん

Historian from United Kingdom

September 7, 1950 (age 75)　・　Birmingham, United Kingdom

historian
university teacher
writer

My Take

Sir David Cannadine commands genuine respect from me. A Birmingham-born, Cambridge-educated historian now holding a chair at Princeton, with fellowships of the British Academy and the Royal Historical Society plus a knighthood, he is the real intellectual heavyweight. What strikes me is his range, moving from modern British history into business and philanthropy, and his role editing the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, effectively curating how lives are remembered. There is no celebrity glamour here, but scholars who quietly hold up the architecture of knowledge do work that compounds across generations. I admire that kind of durable, unglamorous contribution enormously.

Overview

Sir David Nicholas Cannadine (born 7 September 1950) is a British author and historian who specialises in modern history, Britain and the history of business and philanthropy. He is currently the Dodge Professor of History at Princeton University, a visiting professor of history at Oxford University, and the editor of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): David Cannadine
Name (Japanese): デイヴィッド・キャナダイン
Reading: でいゔぃっど・きゃなだいん
Born: September 7, 1950 (age 75)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Virgo / Tiger
Origin: Birmingham, United Kingdom
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: historian / university teacher / writer / biographer

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Clare College

Awards & achievements

1999 Fellow of the British Academy
1981 Fellow of the Royal Historical Society
1999 Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
1977 T. S. Ashton Prize
2009 Knight Bachelor
2005 Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries
2013 Medlicott Medal
2016 honorary doctorate

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A3%E3%83%8A%E3%83%80%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3

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