David Stevenson is a British historian specialising in the period of the First World War. He is Stevenson Professor of International History at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).

Academic career

Stevenson studied for his undergraduate degree at the University of Cambridge, before receiving a Ph.D. from the same university. He became a Lecturer at the LSE in 1982. In 1998, he was appointed Professor of International History. Between 2004 and 2005, he also received a Leverhulme Research Fellowship "for research on supply and logistics in 1914-1918" His most recent books are: With Our Backs to the Wall: Victory and Defeat in 1918, released by Penguin (in the UK) and Belknap Press and 1917: War, Peace and Revolution, published by OUP.

Personal life

Stevenson is married and lives in Essex. He is one of the founding members of the erstwhile Loughton Festival as well as being a former President of the Central London HA and the Loughton & District Historical Society. He was also previously the Secretary of the Herts & Essex Architectural Society.