David Michael Loades FSA (19 January 1934 – 21 April 2016)[1][2] was a British historian specialising in the Tudor era.
He served in the RAF 1953-55 and gained his BA and PhD at Emmanuel College, Cambridge.
[1] From 1993 until 2004 he acted as Literary Director of the John Foxe Project at the British Academy;[1][4] he subsequently became an Honorary Member of the History Faculty at the University of Oxford.
[5] After military service in the Royal Air Force 1953–1955,[1] Loades studied at the University of Cambridge.
He wrote many books on the Tudor period, including biographies.