Lees-Knowles Lecturer

Lees-Knowles Lecturer

The Lees Knowles Lectureship were established at Trinity College, Cambridge in 1912 and are given by distinguished experts in military and naval history. Selection for this lectureship is considered one of the highest honours available to specialists in military history and affairs. [David Parrott. [http://www.history.ox.ac.uk/alumni/oxhistorian/issue_3/10_military_outsourcing.htm History Faculty Alumni Newsletter No. 3 (May 2005)] , University of Oxford, Faculty of History. Accessed 13 July 2008 ]

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Further reading

*Geoffrey Parker (1998). "The Military Revolution: Military Innovation and the Rise of the West 1500-1800", Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0521479584 [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=cIFiNRH3oWsC&pg=PR13&lpg=PR13&dq=%22Lees-Knowles%22&source=web&ots=8M6aczJFwQ&sig=HMzgVKbRbFBnVRZVjm-GDxApaB8&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=9&ct=result#PPR13,M1 p. xiii] . "A short biography on Sir Lees-Knowles"


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