David Henry Burton was an American historian and professor of history at St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Burton was a World War II combat veteran in the Army's 334th Infantry and was awarded both the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star.
A historian of American presidents and the Progressive Era, Burton wrote over 17 books, including biographies of Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. and Clara Barton.
During his career, Burton was awarded fellowships by the American Philosophical Society and the Earhart Foundation and was also a Winston Churchill Traveling Fellow of the English-Speaking Union.
[2] St. Joseph's University established the David H. Burton Postdoctoral Fellowship in recognition of his contribution to the History department over his 50 years as a professor there.