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C. Northcote Parkinson

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Cyril Northcote Parkinson (30 July 1909 – 9 March 1993) was a British naval historian and author of some 60 books, the most famous of which was his best-seller Parkinson's Law (1957), in which Parkinson advanced Parkinson's law, stating that "work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion",Parkinson, Cyril Northcote. [1]

54 relations: Alexander Oppenheim, Army Reserve (United Kingdom), Barnard Castle, Bibliography of C. Northcote Parkinson, Blundell's School, Britannia Royal Naval College, Canterbury, Captain (British Army and Royal Marines), Channel Islands, Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, Emmanuel College, Cambridge, Exhibition (scholarship), George V, Guernsey, Harvard University, Horatio Hornblower, Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland, Isle of Man, Jeeves, Johor Bahru, Julian Corbett Prize in Naval History, King's College London, Kuala Lumpur, Law of triviality, Lee Foundation, Left- and right-hand traffic, Maria Hertogh riots, Mary Turnbull, Napoleonic era, National Maritime Museum, National University of Singapore, Nautical fiction, Naval history, Oei Tiong Ham, Osbert Lancaster, Parkinson's law, Peninsular Malaysia, Public administration, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey), Richard Delancey, Road transport, Royal Navy, Saint Martin, Guernsey, St Peter's School, York, Stamford Raffles, The Devil to Pay (Parkinson novel), The Fireship, Tiverton, Devon, University of California, Berkeley, University of Cambridge, ..., University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, University of Liverpool, University of Malaya, Victor Purcell. Expand index (4 more) »

Alexander Oppenheim

Sir Alexander Oppenheim, OBE FRSE PMN (4 February 1903 – 13 December 1997) was a British mathematician.

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Army Reserve (United Kingdom)

The Army Reserve is the active-duty volunteer reserve force and integrated element of the British Army.

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Barnard Castle

Barnard Castle is a market town in Teesdale, County Durham, England.

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Bibliography of C. Northcote Parkinson

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Blundell's School

Blundell's School is a co-educational day and boarding independent school located in the town of Tiverton in the county of Devon, England.

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Britannia Royal Naval College

Britannia Royal Naval College (BRNC), commonly known as Dartmouth, is the naval academy of the United Kingdom and the initial officer training establishment of the British Royal Navy.

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Canterbury

Canterbury is a historic English cathedral city and UNESCO World Heritage Site, which lies at the heart of the City of Canterbury, a local government district of Kent, England.

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Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)

Captain (Capt) is a junior officer rank of the British Army and Royal Marines and in both services it ranks above lieutenant and below major with a NATO ranking code of OF-2.

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Channel Islands

The Channel Islands (Norman: Îles d'la Manche; French: Îles Anglo-Normandes or Îles de la Manche) are an archipelago in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy.

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Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth

Admiral Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, GCB (19 April 1757 – 23 January 1833) was a British naval officer.

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Emmanuel College, Cambridge

Emmanuel College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.

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Exhibition (scholarship)

An exhibition is a type of scholarship award or bursary.

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George V

George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until his death in 1936.

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Guernsey

Guernsey is an island in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy.

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Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Horatio Hornblower

Horatio Hornblower is a fictional Napoleonic Wars-era Royal Navy officer who is the protagonist of a series of novels by C. S. Forester.

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Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland

The Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland (IESIS) is a multi-disciplinary professional body and learned society, founded in Scotland, for professional engineers in all disciplines and for those associated with or taking an interest in their work.

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Isle of Man

The Isle of Man (Ellan Vannin), also known simply as Mann (Mannin), is a self-governing British Crown dependency in the Irish Sea between the islands of Great Britain and Ireland.

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Jeeves

Reginald Jeeves, usually referred to as Jeeves, is a fictional character in a series of comedic short stories and novels by English author P. G. Wodehouse.

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Johor Bahru

Johor Bahru, formerly known as Tanjung Puteri or Iskandar Puteri, is the capital of the state of Johor, Malaysia.

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Julian Corbett Prize in Naval History

The Julian Corbett Prize in Modern Naval History was established in 1924 by Mr.

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King's College London

King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom, and a founding constituent college of the federal University of London.

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Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur, officially the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur (Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur), or commonly known as KL, is the national capital of Malaysia as well as its largest city in the country.

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Law of triviality

Parkinson's law of triviality is C. Northcote Parkinson's 1957 argument that members of an organization give disproportionate weight to trivial issues.

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Lee Foundation

Lee Foundation is Singapore's largest private charitable foundation.

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Left- and right-hand traffic

The terms right-hand traffic (RHT) and left-hand traffic (LHT) refer to the practice, in bidirectional traffic situations, to keep to the right side or to the left side of the road, respectively.

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Maria Hertogh riots

The Maria Hertogh riots began on 11 December 1950 in Singapore after a court decided that a child who had been raised by Muslims should be returned to her Catholic biological parents.

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Mary Turnbull

Constance Mary Turnbull (February 9, 1927 – September 5, 2008) was a British historian lauded for her lifetime of literary research writing contributing to the documentation of Asian history, and for her documentary work on The History of Singapore.

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Napoleonic era

The Napoleonic era is a period in the history of France and Europe.

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National Maritime Museum

The National Maritime Museum (NMM) in Greenwich, London, is the leading maritime museum of the United Kingdom and may be the largest museum of its kind in the world.

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National University of Singapore

The National University of Singapore (NUS) is an autonomous research university in Singapore.

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Nautical fiction

Nautical fiction, frequently also naval fiction, sea fiction, naval adventure fiction or maritime fiction, is a genre of literature with a setting on or near the sea, that focuses on the human relationship to the sea and sea voyages and highlights nautical culture in these environments.

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Naval history

Naval history is the area of military history concerning war at sea and the subject is also a sub-discipline of the broad field of maritime history.

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Oei Tiong Ham

Oei Tiong Ham, Majoor-titulair der Chinezen (1866–1924) was a Chinese Indonesian businessman.

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Osbert Lancaster

Sir Osbert Lancaster, CBE (4 August 1908 – 27 July 1986) was an English cartoonist, architectural historian, stage designer and author.

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Parkinson's law

Parkinson's law is the adage that "work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion".

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Peninsular Malaysia

Peninsular Malaysia also known as Malaya or West Malaysia, is the part of Malaysia which lies on the Malay Peninsula and surrounding islands.

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Public administration

Public Administration is the implementation of government policy and also an academic discipline that studies this implementation and prepares civil servants for working in the public service.

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Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)

The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) was a line infantry regiment of the English and later the British Army from 1661 to 1959.

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Richard Delancey

Richard Delancey is the hero of a series of novels by historian C. Northcote Parkinson.

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Road transport

Road transport or road transportation is a type of transport by using roads.

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Royal Navy

The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force.

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Saint Martin, Guernsey

Saint Martin (Guernésiais and French Saint Martin; historically Saint-Martin-de-la-Bellouse) is a parish in Guernsey, The Channel Islands.

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St Peter's School, York

St Peter's School is a co-educational independent boarding and day school (also referred to as a public school), in the English City of York, with extensive grounds on the banks of the River Ouse.

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Stamford Raffles

Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles, FRS (6 July 1781 – 5 July 1826) was a British statesman, Lieutenant-Governor of British Java (1811–1815) and Governor-General of Bencoolen (1817–1822), best known for his founding of Modern Singapore.

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The Devil to Pay (Parkinson novel)

The Devil to Pay is one of a series of nautical novels by C. Northcote Parkinson.

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The Fireship

The Fireship is one of a series of nautical novels by C. Northcote Parkinson.

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Tiverton, Devon

Tiverton is a town in the English county of Devon and the main commercial and administrative centre of the Mid Devon district.

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University of California, Berkeley

The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public research university in Berkeley, California.

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University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge (informally Cambridge University)The corporate title of the university is The Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of the University of Cambridge.

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University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign

The University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign (also known as U of I, Illinois, or colloquially as the University of Illinois or UIUC) is a public research university in the U.S. state of Illinois and the flagship institution of the University of Illinois System.

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University of Liverpool

The University of Liverpool is a public university based in the city of Liverpool, England.

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University of Malaya

The University of Malaya (UM; Universiti Malaya) is a public research university located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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Victor Purcell

Victor William Williams Saunders Purcell CMG (26 January 1896 – 2 January 1965) was a British colonial public servant, historian, poet, and Sinologist in Malaya (now Malaysia).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._Northcote_Parkinson

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