David John Starkey (born 20 September 1954) is a specialist in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century British

maritime history Maritime history is the study of human interaction with and activity at sea. It covers a broad thematic element of history that often uses a global approach, although national and regional histories remain predominant. As an academic subject, it ...

. His research focuses on shipping, seafaring, privateering, fisheries and marine environmental history.

Life

Starkey earned a degree in Economic History from the

University of Leeds , mottoeng = And knowledge will be increased , established = 1831 – Leeds School of Medicine1874 – Yorkshire College of Science1884 - Yorkshire College1887 – affiliated to the federal Victoria University1904 – University of Leeds , ...

, and an MA in the History of the Atlantic Economy from the

University of Exeter The University of Exeter is a public university , public research university in Exeter, Devon, England, United Kingdom. Its predecessor institutions, St Luke's College, Exeter School of Science, Exeter School of Art, and the Camborne School of Min ...

. He has been based since 1994 at the

University of Hull The University of Hull is a public research university in Kingston upon Hull, a city in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It was founded in 1927 as University College Hull. The main university campus is located in Hull and is home to the Hull ...

, where he was founding director of the Maritime Historical Studies Centre. He was head of the Department of History from 2011 and 2016, and subsequently Academic Manager for the Faculty of Arts, Cultures and Education. He retired at Christmas 2019, and continues as Emeritus Professor."Professor David J Starkey"
. University of Hull. Accessed 17 December 2014. Starkey is co-president of the North Atlantic Fisheries History Association (NAFHA), and chairman of the British Commission for Maritime History. In 2013 he became Editor-in-Chief of the ''

International Journal of Maritime History The ''International Journal of Maritime History'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal that covers all aspects of maritime history. The European Science Foundation's European Reference Index for the Humanities (ERIH) ranks it as a "Class One" journa ...

''.

Publications

* Starkey, David J.: British Privateering Enterprise in the Eighteenth Century. Exeter, University of Exeter Press, 1990, 344pp, . * Starkey, David J., and E.S. van Eyck van Heslinga. Pirates and Privateers: New Perspectives on the War on Trade in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries. Exeter: University of Exeter Press, 1997. * Starkey, David J. Shipping Movements in the Ports of the United Kingdom, 1871–1913: A Statistical Profile. Exeter: University of Exeter Press, 1999. * David J. Starkey, Jon Th. Thor,

Ingo Heidbrink Ingo Heidbrink (born 1968) is a German maritime historian who is Professor of History with a specialization on Maritime History at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. He is specialized on Fisheries History, Traditional Watercraft and Mus ...

(Eds.): A History of the North Atlantic Fisheries: Vol. 1, From Early Times to the mid-Nineteenth Century. Hauschild u. Deutsches Schiffahrtsmuseum. Bremen 2009

References

External links

Maritime Historical Studies Centre, University of Hull
British maritime historians Academics of the University of Hull Living people 1954 births Alumni of the University of Leeds Alumni of the University of Exeter {{UK-historian-stub