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Biographia Navalis - Or, Impartial Memoirs of the Lives and Characters of Officers of the Navy of Great Britain, from the Year 1660 to the Present Time (Paperback)
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Biographia Navalis - Or, Impartial Memoirs of the Lives and Characters of Officers of the Navy of Great Britain, from the Year 1660 to the Present Time (Paperback)
Series: Biographia Navalis 6 Volume Paperback Set, Volume 6
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John Charnock (1756 1807) was a professional naval biographer and
historian. After completing his studies at Trinity College, Oxford,
he joined the Navy as a volunteer and began to research historical
and contemporary naval affairs. This six-volume work, first
published between 1794 and 1798, contains biographies of over two
thousand post-captains and admirals who served in the Navy between
1660 and 1793. Charnock researched this monumental project using
historical naval biographies made available by his friend Captain
William Locker, lieutenant-governor of Greenwich Hospital. He also
drew on his own experiences and his contacts among serving officers
to provide valuable insights into contemporary events. However, his
sometimes uncritical approach to sources means his work is best
consulted together with other evidence. The biographies are
arranged by year of first appointment, and alphabetically within
each year. Volume 6 covers officers appointed between 1747 and
1763, and admirals to 1793.
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