David Smith (historian)

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David L. Smith, born in London in 1963, is a noted historian of the Early Modern period of British history, particularly political, constitutional, legal and religious history in the Stuart period. He was educated at Eastbourne College (1972-81) and then at Selwyn College, Cambridge (BA 1985, MA 1989, PhD 1990).

He has been a Fellow of Selwyn College, Cambridge, since 1988. He is also currently Director of Studies in History, and a Graduate Tutor. He was Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Chicago in 1991. In that year he also won the Royal Historical Society's Alexander Prize, and Cambridge University's Thirlwall Prize. For nearly twelve years (1992-2003) he was Admissions Tutor at Selwyn, a period during which the College's academic performance improved markedly. From 1996 until 2006 he was also the College's Praelector.

He has been President of the Cambridge History Forum since 1997. He is also a Governor of Eastbourne College (since 1993), and a Trustee of Oakham School (since 2000).

[edit] Chief Publications

• Oliver Cromwell: Politics and Religion in the English Revolution, 1640-1658 (Cambridge University Press, 1991)
• Louis XIV (Cambridge University Press, 1992)
• Constitutional Royalism and the Search for Settlement, c. 1640-1649 (Cambridge University Press, 1994)
• (co-edited with Richard Strier and David Bevington) The Theatrical City: Culture, Theatre and Politics in London, 1576-1649 (Cambridge University Press, 1995)
• A History of the Modern British Isles, 1603-1707: The Double Crown (Blackwell, 1998)
• The Stuart Parliaments, 1603-1689 (Edward Arnold, 1999)
• (with Graham E. Seel) The Early Stuart Kings, 1603-1642 (Routledge, 2001)
• (with Graham E. Seel) Crown and Parliaments, 1558-1689 (Cambridge University Press, 2001)
• (edited) Cromwell and the Interregnum (Blackwell, 2003)