John Strachan (born April 1961) is a literary critic, historian and poet, Professor of English and Pro Vice-Chancellor at Bath Spa University, England. He was educated at the University of Southampton and the University of Oxford. Strachan specialises in Romanticism and is author of Poetry, which was released in 2000 by Edinburgh University Press. He has published numerous articles in the fields of history, sport studies and poetry. In 2013 he collaborated with numerous artists and poets to create Their Colours and their Forms: Artists' Responses to Wordsworth, which included some of his own poetry. He lives in Bath, Somerset. As an author, he is widely held in libraries worldwide.