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David E. Underdown (19 August 1925 — 26 September 2009) was a historian of 17th-century English politics and culture and Professor Emeritus at Yale University. A native of the United Kingdom, Underdown was educated at Exeter College, Oxford and Yale. His best-known historical works are Revel, Riot, and Rebellion and Fire from Heaven, which won prizes from the North American Conference on British Studies and the New England Historical Association. After retiring from Yale in 1996, Underdown wrote a well-received book about the history of cricket in the Hambledon era, Start of Play.

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