Career As A Naval Historian
In 1896 he accepted John Knox Laughton’s request to edit a volume of documents on the Spanish war, 1585 – 87 which served as the start of his career as a naval historian. Corbett became known as one of the Royal Navy’s leading intellectuals, and from 1901 to 1922 was writing regularly on naval history and strategy. In 1902 he began lecturing at the British Naval War College, founded in 1900. In 1903, he gave the Ford Lectures in English History at Oxford University. In 1905, he became the Admiralty’s chief unofficial strategic adviser and served as secretary of the Cabinet Historical Office. Appointed a knight in 1917, he was awarded the Chesney Gold Medal in 1914.
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