David Anthony Brading Litt.D, FRHistS, FBA (born 26 August 1936), is a British historian and Professor Emeritus
of Mexican History at the University of Cambridge, where he is an Emeritus Fellow of Clare Hall and a Honorary Fellow of Pembroke College.
His work has been recognized with several awards,including the Bolton Prize in 1972
the Order of the Aztec Eagle in 2002 from the Mexican government .
and the Medal of Congress from the Peruvian government in 2011.
Brading has received honorary degrees from several universities, including Universidad del Pacifico, Universidad de Lima and the Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de HidalgoHe is regarded as one of the foremost historians of Latin America in the United Kingdom.
and was the most widely cited British Latin Americanist.