David Kynaston Explained

Birth Name:	David Thomas Anthony Kynaston
Birth Date:	1951 7, df=yes
Birth Place:	Aldershot
Education:	Wellington College
Alma Mater:	University of Oxford (BA) London School of Economics (PhD)
Thesis Title:	The London Stock Exchange, 1870-1914 : an institutional history
Thesis Url:	https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.295464
Thesis Year:	1983
Discipline:	History
Sub Discipline:	English society
Workplaces:	Kingston University

David Thomas Anthony Kynaston (; born 30 July 1951 in Aldershot) is an English historian specialising in the social history of England.^[1]

Early life and education

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, and was awarded a PhD from the London School of Economics on the history of the London Stock Exchange in 1983.^{[2] [3]}

Career and research

Kynaston became a visiting professor at Kingston University in 2001.

Tales of a New Jerusalem

In 2007 Kynaston published Austerity Britain, 1945 - 1951 to much acclaim.^[4] 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.^[5] Austerity Britain was named "Book of the Decade" by The Sunday Times.^[6]

Family Britain (2010) is the second volume in the series, and was also released as two books.^[7] It covers the period from 1951 to the Suez crisis of 1956.^[7] The volume was serialised on BBC Radio 4 as its Book of the Week for 23 November 2009, read by Dominic West.^[8]

The third volume, Modernity Britain, covering the years 1957–62, was published as two books in June 2013^{[9] [10]} and 2014.

The first book of the fourth volume, A Northern Wind, covering the years 1962–65, was published in September 2023.

Publications

• King Labour: British Working Class, 1850–1914, 1976
• Bobby Abel: Professional Batsman, 1857–1936, 1982
• Archie's Last Stand: M.C.C. in New Zealand 1922–23: Being an Account of Mr. A. C. MacLaren's tour and His Last Stand, 1984
• The Financial Times: a centenary history, 1988
• WG's Birthday Party, 1990
• Cazenove & Co.: a history, 1991
• The Bank of England: Money, Power, and Influence 1694–1994, 1995 (edited by Richard Roberts)
• The City of London, Volume I: A World of Its Own, 1815–90, 1995
• The City of London, Volume II: Golden Years, 1890–1914, 1995
• LIFFE: A Market and its Makers, 1997
• The City of London, Volume III: Illusions of Gold, 1914–45, 1999
• The City of London, Volume IV: Club No More, 1945–2000, 2002 (with Will Sulkin)
• Austerity Britain, 1945–51, 2007, reprinted as:
  • Austerity Britain: A World to Build, 1945–48, 2008
  • Austerity Britain: Smoke in the Valley, 1948–51, 2008
• Family Britain, 1951–57, 2009
• City of London: The History, 2012
• Modernity Britain, 1957–62, 2014, previously published as:
  • Modernity Britain: Opening the Box, 1957–59, 2013^{[11] [12]}
  • Modernity Britain: A Shake of the Dice, 1959–62, 2014
• Till Time's Last Sand: A History of the Bank of England 1694–2013, 2017
• Arlott, Swanton and the Soul of English Cricket, 2018 (with Stephen Fay)
• , co-authored with Francis Green^{[13] [14] [15] [16]}
• On the Cusp: Days of '62, 2021
• A Northern Wind: Britain 1962–65, 2023

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bloomsbury - David Kynaston - David Kynaston. www.bloomsbury.com.
2. PhD. London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London). The London Stock Exchange, 1870-1914 : an institutional history. David Thomas Anthony. Kynaston. 1983. . london.ac.uk. 24154737.
3. Random House's page about City of London 1 specifies Wellington College, New College Oxford, and the LSE, although it does not give years or degrees.
4. Web site: Family Britain, 1951 - 57: David Kynaston . Christopher Silvester. Express. 30 October 2009. 4 September 2011.
5. Book: Kynaston, David . Austerity Britain, 1945 - 1951 . 2007 . . London . 978-0-7475-9923-4 . ix.
6. Web site: The best of the decade. The Times. 4 September 2011.
7. Diski . Jenny . Jenny Diski . August 2010 . Fastidious Albion: Postwar Britain keeps calm, carries on . . 321 . 1,923 . 79–82 . 29 June 2013 .
8. Web site: Family Britain . 23 November 2009 . Kynaston . David . . Book of the Week. 29 June 2013 .
9. News: Modernity Britain by David Kynaston, review . DeGroot, Gerard . . 14 June 2013 . 29 June 2013 .
10. News: Modernity Britain: Opening the Box, 1957–1959 by David Kynaston – review . Bennett, Catherine . Catherine Bennett (journalist) . . 22 June 2013 . 29 June 2013 .
11. Weight, Richard . November 2013 . Review of Modernity Britain : opening the box, 1957–59 . Reviews . . 63 . 11 . 64–65 . 2015-11-22.
12. Mark Damazer, "Modernity Britain by David Kynaston: Social history with a smile" (review), New Statesman, 27 June 2013.
13. Web site: Review of 'Engines of Privilege: Britain's Private School Problem'. Nick . Hillman. Nick Hillman. 2019. hepi.ac.uk. Higher Education Policy Institute.
14. Book: Engines of privilege : Britain's private school problem. Green. Francis. Kynaston. David. 2019. 978-1-5266-0127-8. London. 1108696740.
15. Web site: Engines of Privilege review – a challenge to Britain's private schools?. Kate. Clanchy. Kate Clanchy. 2019. The Guardian.
16. Web site: Book review – Engines of Privilege: Britain's Private School Problem. tes.com. Times Educational Supplement. Patrick. Derham. 2019.