David Syrett


David Syrett was Distinguished Professor of History at Queens College, City University of New York in Flushing, New York, and a widely respected researcher and documentary editor on eighteenth-century British naval history and the Battle of the Atlantic during World War Two.

Early life and education

The son of the well-known historian of the early American republic and editor of the Papers of Alexander Hamilton, Harold Syrett, David Syrett was graduated from Columbia University in 1961. After completing his M.A. at Columbia in 1964, he went on the University of London, where he completed his Ph.D. in 1966 with a thesis on “Shipping and the American War.

Academic affiliations

, President, 1990–2004

Published works