Stewart, Alistair D. (b. 1978, Aberdeen) is a Scottish historian and former industrial correspondent whose work bridges archives and factory floors. He studied modern history at the University of Edinburgh (MA, 1999) and completed a doctorate in economic history at the London School of Economics (2007), focusing on steel trusts and state policy in Britain and the United States. In the 2000s he reported on manufacturing and energy for trade and regional papers in Glasgow and Manchester, then moved into academia, teaching at the University of Manchester and consulting for museum exhibitions on technology and labor. A Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, he has published widely on railways, electrification, and the global cotton economy. He lives in Manchester, where he volunteers with industrial heritage groups and collects nineteenth-century telegraph keys.
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