A Narrative of my Professional Adventures by Sir William Henry Dillon
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A Narrative of my Professional Adventures by Sir William Henry Dillon by Michael A Lewis
Sir William Henry Dillon (1780-1857) was born in Birmingham, the illegitimate son of the distinguished writer and traveller John Talbot Dillon (1734-1806), a baron of the Holy Roman Empire.
Michael Lewis was born on 3 January 1890 in Freeland, Oxfordshire, the son of a vicar. He was educated at Uppingham and Trinity College Cambridge, where he took a BA in 1912 and an MA in 1924. In World War I he served in the Royal Marines from 1914 to 1919 becoming a Lieutenant. In 1913 he was appointed an assistant master at the Royal Naval College, Osbourne. In 1922 he was appointed deputy head of history at BRNC Dartmouth, and in 1934 he became Professor of History at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, where he remained until retirement in 1955. He was also a lecturer in naval history at the Royal Naval Staff College and Senior Officers War Course. He died on 3 February 1970.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781911423225 |
| ISBN 10 | 1911423223 |
| Title | A Narrative of my Professional Adventures by Sir William Henry Dillon |
| Author | Michael A Lewis |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Navy Records Society |
| Year published | 2019-04-25 |
| Number of pages | 552 |
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