David Bryant Kimble OBE (May 12, 1921 – March 8, 2009) was a British academic whose career was spent mostly in Tanzania, Botswana, Lesotho, Eswatini and Malawi.
He attended Eastbourne Grammar School and Reading University where he took a degree in modern studies, graduating in 1942 before taking a postgraduate diploma in education.
In 1960 he was awarded a PhD by the University of London for his thesis on the rise of nationalism, forming the basis for his book The Political History of Ghana Vol 1: 1850–1928, published in 1962.
In 1962 Kimble became Professor of Political Science at the University College of Dar es Salaam; in 1966, he began a two-year stint as director of the Institute of Public Administration there.
Kimble was appointed OBE in 1962 for services to adult education, and was made an Officier de l’Ordre des Palmes Academiques in 1982.