| J. David MarkhamChevalier dans l'Ordre des Palmes académiques(Knight of the Order of the French Academic Palms) | |
| Birth Date: | 26 December 1945 |
| Birth Place: | Austin, Texas |
| Occupation: | Author, historian, educator |
| Spouse: | Edna |
J. David Markham (born 26 December 1945) is an educator, and historian who specializes in Napoleonic studies. He has been featured on programs on Napoleon Bonaparte and Julius Caesar on the History Channel International, the History Channel, the Military History Channel, the Learning Channel and the Discovery Channel. David is President of the International Napoleonic Society and President Emeritus of the Napoleonic Historical Society. David also served as the resident historian for the Napoleon 101 podcast.
J. David Markham was born in Austin, Texas, on 26 December 1945. He graduated from University High School in 1964. He has a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Iowa, a Master of Arts degree from the University of Northern Iowa, and a Master of Education degree from Arizona State University.
Markham has taught history and other subjects at the university, college and high school levels. He has taught at two campuses of the University of Wisconsin, at community colleges in Wisconsin, Illinois, Arizona and Florida, and high schools in Arizona, Florida and Washington.
Having previously served as Executive Vice-President and Editor-in-Chief of the International Napoleonic Society, David became President in November 2008 following the death of the society's founder, Ben Weider. A Fellow in the society, he was awarded the Legion of Merit in 1996, one of the first three international scholars to receive that award. Markham has a sizable private collection of Napoleonic snuffboxes, as well as a significant collection of miniatures and engravings. The images used in his books come from his collection which has been featured in several museum exhibitions. He has organized International Napoleonic Congresses in Alessandria, Italy, June 1998, Tel Aviv, Israel, July 1999; Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia June 2000; Dinard, France, July 2005; Slupsk, Poland, 2007; Israel, 2007; Corsica/Elba, 2008; Montreal, Canada 2009; San Anton, Malta, 2010, Den Helder, The Netherlands, 2011, Moscow, Russia, 2012, Toronto, Canada, 2013, Havana, Cuba, 2014, Brussels, Belgium, 2015, Dublin, Ireland, 2016, Trier, Germany, 2017, Vienna, Austria, 2018 and Grenoble, France, 2019. Future Congresses are planned for Warsaw, Athens, Cork and Acre.
He has been appointed as Councilor for the English-speaking countries for The Mexico-France Napoleonic-Institute, contributing to the success of the international historic and literary contest Count of Las Cases Memorial Prize, an award that he won in 2007.
He has received the following honors for his work as an educator and historian: