David A. King (historian)

David A. King (born 14 November 1941) is a British-American historian and author.

He was the Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Literatures and History of Science at New York University (1979-85) and the director of the Smithsonian Institution project on medieval Islamic astronomy and Director of the Institute for the History of Science in Johann Wolfgang Goethe University.

Biography
He completed his Ph. D in 1972 at Yale University. He has previously served as a professor and associate professor in the department of Near Eastern Languages and Literatures of New York University. He is currently a Professor of History of Science and Director of the Institute for the History of Science, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main.

Personal
King has been married since 1969 to Patricia Cannavaro King and the couple have two sons and one granddaughter. He currently resides between Frankfurt city-center and a small village in Southern France.

In 2013 King was awarded the Koyré Medal of the Académie internationale d'histoire des sciences for his life's work.