Craig L. Symonds

Craig L. Symonds
Symonds in 2012
Born	(1946-12-31) December 31, 1946 (age 77) Long Beach, California, U.S.
Works	Lincoln and His Admirals Neptune: The Allied Invasion of Europe and the D-Day Landings
Awards	Lincoln Prize for Lincoln and His Admirals 2015 recipient of the Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval Literature

Craig Lee Symonds (born 31 December 1946, in Long Beach, California) was the Distinguished Visiting Ernest J. King Professor of Maritime History for the academic years 2017–2020 at the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island. He is also Professor Emeritus at the U. S. Naval Academy, where he served as chairman of the history department. He is a distinguished historian of the American Civil War and maritime history. His book Lincoln and His Admirals received the Lincoln Prize. His book Neptune: The Allied Invasion of Europe and the D-Day Landings was the 2015 recipient of the Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval Literature.^[1]