C. Northcote Parkinson (1909–1993)
Author of The Life and Times of Horatio Hornblower
About the Author
Author C. Northcote Parkinson was born in the north of England on July 30, 1909. He was educated at Emmanuel College at the University of Cambridge and at King's College, London. His graduate thesis "War in the Eastern Seas, 1793-1815" won the 1935 Julian Corbett Prize in Naval History. He taught show more at numerous schools, colleges, and universities including the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth; the University of Liverpool; the University of Malaya; Harvard University; the University of Illinois; and the Univeristy of California, Berkeley. He stopped teaching in 1960 to become an independent writer. He wrote over 60 books in his lifetime; many dealing with British politics and economics. His most famous work is Parkinson's Law, which is a collection of short essays explaining the inevitability of bureaucratic expansion because work increases to fill the time allotted for it. He also wrote the Richard Delancey series about a fictional naval officer from Guernsey during the Napoleonic era. He died on March 9, 1993 in Canterbury, Kent. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Series
Works by C. Northcote Parkinson
The trade winds : a study of British overseas trade during the French wars, 1793-1815 (1905) 16 copies
Zo leest U een balans voor een ieder die op de hoogte wil zijn van de financiële positie van een bedrijf of… (1986) 3 copies
Incredible Japanese 2 copies
excellence in management 2 copies
Parkinsoni seadus : [pamflett] 2 copies
Parkinsoni seadus 1 copy
Siyasal d ncenin evrimi 1 copy
The status of the Engineer 1 copy
חוק הגברת פרקינסון 1 copy
BUSINESS IS PEOPLE 1 copy
SİYASAL DÜŞÜNCENİN EVRİMİ 1 copy
Fox and the Faith 1 copy
Streberloven 1 copy
Templer in Malaya 1 copy
La Chevaucheé de St Michel 1 copy
Beter met mensen omgaan. Hoe meer mensenkennis we hebben, hoe beter we met elkaar kunnen functioneren (1984) 1 copy
Always a Fusilier: the war history of the Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 1939-1945 (1949) 1 copy
Jak zrobić karierę 1 copy
De listige ponyer 1 copy
How to enjoy your work 1 copy
Business in people 1 copy
ALL ABOUT BALANCE SHEETS 1 copy
Associated Works
Piirakkasota : Valikoima huumoria — Contributor — 3 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Parkinson, Cyril Northcote
- Birthdate
- 1909-07-30
- Date of death
- 1993-03-09
- Burial location
- Canterbury, England, UK
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- England
UK - Birthplace
- Barnard Castle, County Durham, England, UK
- Place of death
- Canterbury, Kent, England, UK
- Places of residence
- York, Yorkshire, England, UK
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Tiverton, Devon, England, UK
Dartmouth, Devon, England, UK
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
Singapore (show all 9)
St. Martin's, Guernsey, Bailiwick of Guernsey
Isle of Man
Canterbury, Kent, England, UK - Education
- St. Peter's School, York, England
University of Cambridge (Emmanuel College) (B.A.) (History) (1932)
King's College, London (Ph.D.) (naval history) - Occupations
- Professor of History
naval historian
Captain, British Army
writer - Organizations
- University of Liverpool
University of Malaya (Singapore)
Queen's Royal Regiment, British Army
Territorial Army - Awards and honors
- Julian Corbett Prize in Naval History for 1935.
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Dr. Parkinson, noted in his bureaucratic career, that "Work Expands to Fill the amount of time available for its completion." this defines a large factor in Bureaucratic and business life. The book was an instant sucess, and spawned other business and political science books which made this author and his imitators a good deal of money. It was deserved in his case. And became a useful in process design and project development thereafter. His prose is clear, andd the other essays in the work are often insightful aas well.… (more)
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- Works
- 100
- Also by
- 2
- Members
- 2,764
- Popularity
- #9,280
- Rating
- 3.7
- Reviews
- 47
- ISBNs
- 216
- Languages
- 13
- Favorited
- 5
He has few cracks at the Coop at the end of the book and then mentions the Left book club which apparently bears responsibility for the rise of Herr AH in Germany because they weren't egger war mongers
The roundheads were a northern phenomena of industrialised cities and towns, so nothing to do with East Anglia. The Great Reform Acts were an selfless generous act of the forward looking gentry, never heard of the Chartists then? The loss of India to independence is the fault of Labour and buggerall to do with the Indians preferences.… (more)