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C. Northcote Parkinson

C. Northcote Parkinson, English historian and author (died 1993)

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Born
July 30, 1909
Died
March 9, 1993
Zodiac sign
Leo
Birth year
1909

About C. Northcote Parkinson

Cyril Northcote Parkinson 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 himself. The Law came to be taken seriously and led to his being regarded as an important scholar in public administration and management. Peter's School, York, where in 1929 he won an exhibition to study history at Emmanuel College, Cambridge. 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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C. Northcote Parkinson timeline

  1. Peter's School, York, where in 1929 he won an exhibition to study history at Emmanuel College, Cambridge.
  2. 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.

The world when C. Northcote Parkinson was born

C. Northcote Parkinson was born in 1909. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1909

  • Best-selling book"The Inner Shrine" – Basil King

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentHonus Wagner leads Pittsburgh Pirates to World Series victory
  • Top headlineRobert Peary claims to reach the North Pole
  • Technology milestoneBakelite (first fully synthetic plastic) invented
  • Notable inventionBakelite plastic
  • World population~1.69B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWilliam Howard Taft
  • U.S. population88.8M

1909 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in C. Northcote Parkinson's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19092026
Population88.8M341 million

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