Parker, Geoffrey, 1943-

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Name (Latin)
Parker, Geoffrey, 1943-
Other forms of name
nnaa Parker, Noel Geoffrey
Parker, Noel Geoffrey, 1943-
Date of birth
1943-12-25
Place of birth
Nottingham (England)
Place of residence/headquarters
Columbus (Ohio)
Associate group
Ohio State University. Department of History
Ohio State University. Department of History (1997)
Occupation
Historians
History teachers
College teachers
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 64021923
Wikidata: Q1355845
Library of congress: n 79061400
Sources of Information

Wikipedia description:

Noel Geoffrey Parker (born 25 December 1943) is an English historian specialising in the history of Western Europe, Spain, and warfare during the early modern era. His best-known book is The Military Revolution: Military Innovation and the Rise of the West, 1500–1800, first published by Cambridge University Press in 1988. He holds his BA, MA, PhD, and LittD degrees from Cambridge University where he studied under the historian Sir John Elliott. Parker has taught at the University of Illinois, the University of St Andrews, and Yale University. He is currently the Andreas Dorpalen Professor of History at the Ohio State University. Parker was a consultant and main contributor on the BBC series, Armada: 12 Days to Save England. In 2023, he was elected to the American Philosophical Society.

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