C. Northcote Parkinson
1909 to 1993
9 documented presences
8 places
Quo Fuit places 9 dated presences for C. Northcote Parkinson across 8 places, from 1950 to 1984. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
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 named the satirical Law stating that "work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion" after hims…Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where C. Northcote Parkinson was documented, and when
1950year
Singaporeattested
“In 1950, he was appointed Raffles Professor of History at the new University of Malaya in Singapore.”
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November 1955month
Singaporeattested
“In 1958, while still in Singapore, he published his most famous work, Parkinson's Law, which expanded upon a humorous article that he had published in the Economist magazine in November 1955, satirising government bureaucracies.”
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October 1958month
University of Malayaattested
“In October 1958, while still on sabbatical in America – together with his wife and two young children, he had set off for America in May 1958 for study and travel and was due to return to work in April 1959 – Parkinson, through a letter…”
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October 1958month
Americaattested
“In October 1958, while still on sabbatical in America – together with his wife and two young children, he had set off for America in May 1958 for study and travel and was due to return to work in April 1959 – Parkinson, through a letter…”
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October 1958month
New Yorkattested
“In October 1958, while still on sabbatical in America – together with his wife and two young children, he had set off for America in May 1958 for study and travel and was due to return to work in April 1959 – Parkinson, through a letter…”
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16 May 1962exact date
University of Oxfordattested
“Emeritus Professor of Japanese Studies at the University of Oxford, Richard Storry, writing in the Oxford Mail on 16 May 1962, noted, "The fall of Singapore is still viewed with anger and shame in Britain." On Thursday 10 September 1959,…”
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16 May 1962exact date
Oxfordattested
“Emeritus Professor of Japanese Studies at the University of Oxford, Richard Storry, writing in the Oxford Mail on 16 May 1962, noted, "The fall of Singapore is still viewed with anger and shame in Britain." On Thursday 10 September 1959,…”
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1968year
Guernseyattested
“Parkinson's Law: and Other Studies in Domestic Science (1968) * The Law of Delay (1970) * The Fur-lined Mousetrap (1972) * The Defenders (script for a son et lumière in Guernsey, 1975) * Gunpowder, Treason and Plot (1978) * The Law, or S…”
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1984 to 1994period
Isle of Manattested
“After the death of his second wife in 1984, in 1985 Parkinson married Iris Hilda Waters (died 1994) and moved to the Isle of Man.”
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Places C. Northcote Parkinson is documented in
Singapore2 presences · 1950 to 1955America1 presence · 1958New York1 presence · 1958Oxford1 presence · 1962University of Oxford1 presence · 1962
Guernsey1 presence · 1968
Isle of Man1 presence · 1984
University of Malaya1 presence · 1958
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1929year
Emmanuel College, Cambridgementioned
“Peter's School, York, where in 1929 he won an exhibition to study history at Emmanuel College, Cambridge.”
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1934year
King's College Londonmentioned
“In 1934, then a graduate student at King's College London, he wrote his PhD thesis on Trade and War in the Eastern Seas, 1803–1810, which was awarded the Julian Corbett Prize in Naval History for 1935.”
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1938year
Blundell's Schoolmentioned
“He became senior history master at Blundell's School in Tiverton, Devon in 1938 (and a captain in the school's OTC), then instructor at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth in 1939.”
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1938year
Tiverton, Devonmentioned
“He became senior history master at Blundell's School in Tiverton, Devon in 1938 (and a captain in the school's OTC), then instructor at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth in 1939.”
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1943year
Middlesex Hospitalmentioned
“In 1943 he married Ethelwyn Edith Graves (born 1915), a nurse tutor at Middlesex Hospital, with whom he had two children.”
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1945 to 1949period
University of Liverpoolmentioned
“Demobilized as a major in 1945, he was a lecturer in history at the University of Liverpool from 1946 to 1949.”
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April 1950month
University of Malayamentioned
“Parkinson started teaching at the University of Malaya in Singapore at the beginning of April 1950.”
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1952year
University of Malayamentioned
“Tregonning, acting head of the history department, and history lecturer at the University of Malaya since 1952, was appointed to fill the Raffles History Chair left vacant by Parkinson's resignation.”
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17 April 1953exact date
Singaporementioned
“On 17 April 1953, he addressed the public on "The Historical Aspect of the Coronation," at the Singapore YMCA Hall.”
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1958 to 1959period
Harvard Universitymentioned
“After serving as visiting professor at Harvard University in 1958, the University of Illinois and the University of California, Berkeley in 1959–60, he resigned his post in Singapore to become an independent writer.”
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1958 to 1959period
Singaporementioned
“After serving as visiting professor at Harvard University in 1958, the University of Illinois and the University of California, Berkeley in 1959–60, he resigned his post in Singapore to become an independent writer.”
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June 1958month
Englandmentioned
“Parkinson travelled to England, arriving there aboard the P&O Canton, in early June 1958, as reported by Reuters, and made the front page of The Straits Times on 9 June.”
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14 June 1958exact date
Londonmentioned
“Reporting from London on Saturday 14 June 1958, Hall Romney wrote, "Prof.”
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March 1959month
Singaporementioned
“Admiralty and Air Ministry..." In March 1959, further publicity occurred when the Royal Navy in Singapore took umbrage at a remark Parkinson had made during his talk, about his new book on the wastage of public money, in Manchester, shor…”
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March 1959month
March 1993month
Documented at the same place, the same year
Elisabeth Kübler-RossNew York · 1958Richard DawkinsBalliol College, Oxford · 1962James Black (pharmacologist)Singapore · 1950Goh Chok TongSingapore · 1955Jean ArpNew York · 1958Viggo MortensenNew York · 1958Buddy HollyNew York · 1958Angela BassettNew York · 1958Carl AndreNew York · 1958Norman JewisonNew York · 1958Daniel KahnemanUnited States · 1958Rudolf CarnapUnited States · 1958
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