Eric Grove (1948–2021)
Author of Great Battles of the Royal Navy: As Commemorated in the Gunroom, Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth
About the Author
Eric J. Grove is senior lecturer in politics and Director of the Centre for Security Studies at the University of Hull
Image credit: Eric Grove
Works by Eric Grove
Great Battles of the Royal Navy: As Commemorated in the Gunroom, Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth (1995) 42 copies
German Capital Ships and Raiders of World War II, Volume 1: From Graf Spee to Bismarck, 1939-1941 (2002) 14 copies
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- Other names
- Grove, Eric John
- Birthdate
- 1948-12-03
- Date of death
- 2021-04-15
- Gender
- male
- Education
- University of Hull (PhD|Security Studies)
University of London, King's College (MA)
University of Aberdeen (MA) - Occupations
- naval historian
defense analyst - Organizations
- Society for Nautical Research
British Commission for Maritime History
University of Salford
Britannia Royal Naval College
Liverpool Hope University
Royal Naval College at Greenwich (show all 9)
University of Cambridge
University of Hull
Navy Records Society - Awards and honors
- Royal Historical Society (Fellow)
Russian Academy of Natural Sciences (Fellow) - Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK
- Associated Place (for map)
- England, UK
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Reviews
As a former student of Professor Grove, I know that he can be a passionate and engaging lecturer on naval and military history. His lectures, delivered effortlessly without notes, would be comprehensive and educating yet full of fascinating and amusing anecdotes. Unfortunately, these qualities are not apparent in The Royal Navy since 1815, an overview of that most romantic of services that unfortunately gets bogged down in dry facts about tonnage, gun specifications and defence expenditures. show more As an academic reference text, it is a comprehensive overview skilfully mapping the development of the Royal Navy over the last 200 years. But, given that I know from personal experience how engagingly Grove can talk about this subject, this book seems like a missed opportunity. show less
Factual and I Iiked the way the various aspects of the combatants and their equipment was compared before the battles. But dry.
An excellent modern reappraisal of the battle drawing on many previously unused sources.
A limited but accurate reference for the US and Canadian navy.
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