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The <b>Lees Knowles Lectureship</b> was established at <a href="Trinity_College%2C_Cambridge" title="Trinity College, Cambridge">Trinity College, Cambridge</a> in 1912 and first started in 1915. Lectures are given by distinguished experts in military and naval history and selection for this lectureship is considered one of the highest honours available to specialists in military history and affairs.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The lectureship was established by a bequest by Trinity alumnus and military historian <a href="Sir_Lees_Knowles%2C_1st_Baronet" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Lees Knowles, 1st Baronet">Sir Lees Knowles</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<caption>List of Lecturers and Lectures<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<th>Year</th>
<th>Lecturers</th>
<th class="unsortable">Lectures
</th></tr>
<tr>
<td>1915</td>
<td>Sir <a href="Julian_Corbett" title="Julian Corbett">Julian Corbett</a></td>
<td>The Great War after Trafalgar
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>1922</td>
<td>Col. Maxwell Earle</td>
<td>The principal strategical problems affecting the British Empire
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>1923</td>
<td>Col. Maxwell Earle</td>
<td>The principles of war
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>1924</td>
<td>Col. M.A. Wingfield</td>
<td>The eight principles of war as exemplified in the Palestine campaign, 1915–1918
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>1924</td>
<td>Lt.-Col. F. Nosworthy</td>
<td>Russia before, during and after the Great War
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>1925</td>
<td>Major-Gen. Sir <a href="Frederick_Barton_Maurice" class="mw-redirect" title="Frederick Barton Maurice">Frederick Maurice</a></td>
<td>Statesmen and soldiers in the American civil war
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>1927</td>
<td>Major-Gen. Sir <a href="Wilkinson_Bird" title="Wilkinson Bird">Wilkinson Bird</a></td>
<td>Some early crises of the war, and the events leading up to them: Western Front 1914
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>1928</td>
<td>Major Gen. Sir George Aston</td>
<td>Problems of empire defence
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>1929</td>
<td>A.R. Hinks</td>
<td>Frontiers and <a href="National_boundary_delimitation" title="National boundary delimitation">boundary delimitations</a>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>1930</td>
<td><a href="W.W._Tarn" class="mw-redirect" title="W.W. Tarn">W.W. Tarn</a></td>
<td>Hellenistic military developments
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>1931</td>
<td>Adm. Sir <a href="Herbert_Richmond" title="Herbert Richmond">Herbert Richmond</a></td>
<td>Capture at sea in war
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>1932</td>
<td>Capt. <a href="Basil_Liddell_Hart" class="mw-redirect" title="Basil Liddell Hart">Basil Liddell Hart</a></td>
<td>The movement of military thought from the eighteenth to the twentieth century, and its influence on European history
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>1933</td>
<td><a href="John_Buchan" title="John Buchan">John Buchan</a> (Lord Tweedsmuir)</td>
<td>Oliver Cromwell as a soldier
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>1934</td>
<td>Air Com. <a href="Lionel_Charlton" title="Lionel Charlton">L E O Charlton</a></td>
<td>Military aeronautics applied to modern warfare
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>1936</td>
<td><a href="C.R.M.F._Cruttwell" class="mw-redirect" title="C.R.M.F. Cruttwell">C.R.M.F. Cruttwell</a></td>
<td>The role of British strategy in the Great War
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>1937</td>
<td>Gen. Sir <a href="Edmund_Ironside" title="Edmund Ironside">Edmund Ironside</a></td>
<td>British military history from 1899 to the present
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>1939</td>
<td>Gen. Sir <a href="Archibald_Wavell" class="mw-redirect" title="Archibald Wavell">Archibald Wavell</a></td>
<td>Generalship
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>1940</td>
<td>Gen. Sir <a href="Frederick_Barton_Maurice" class="mw-redirect" title="Frederick Barton Maurice">Frederick Maurice</a></td>
<td>Public opinion in war
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>1941</td>
<td>Capt. <a href="Cyril_Falls" title="Cyril Falls">Cyril Falls</a></td>
<td>The nature of modern warfare
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>1942</td>
<td>Maj. Gen. Sir <a href="George_Lindsay_(British_Army_officer)" title="George Lindsay (British Army officer)">George Lindsay</a></td>
<td>War on the civil and military fronts
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>1943</td>
<td>Admiral of the Fleet. The Lord Keyes</td>
<td>Amphibious Warfare and Combined Operations
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>1946</td>
<td>Col. <a href="A.H._Burne" class="mw-redirect" title="A.H. Burne">A.H. Burne</a></td>
<td>Military strategy as exemplified in World War II
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>1947</td>
<td>Air-Marshal Sir <a href="Arthur_Tedder" class="mw-redirect" title="Arthur Tedder">Arthur Tedder</a></td>
<td>Air power in modern warfare
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>1948</td>
<td>Adml. <a href="William_Milbourne_James" class="mw-redirect" title="William Milbourne James">Sir William James</a></td>
<td>The influence of sea power upon the history of the British people
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>1949</td>
<td>Sir <a href="Ronald_Weeks%2C_1st_Baron_Weeks" title="Ronald Weeks, 1st Baron Weeks">Ronald Weeks</a></td>
<td>Organisation and equipment for war
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>1950</td>
<td>Sir <a href="Henry_Tizard" title="Henry Tizard">Henry Tizard</a></td>
<td>The influence of war on science
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>1951</td>
<td>Gen. Sir <a href="William_Platt" title="William Platt">William Platt</a></td>
<td>The campaign against Italian East Africa, 1940–1
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>1951</td>
<td>Capt. G.H. Roberts, RN,</td>
<td>The battles of the Atlantic
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>1952</td>
<td>Air Chief Marshal Sir <a href="Roderic_Hill" title="Roderic Hill">Roderic Hill</a></td>
<td>Some human factors in war
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>1953</td>
<td>Sir <a href="Sir_Fitzroy_Maclean%2C_1st_Baronet" title="Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 1st Baronet">Fitzroy Maclean</a></td>
<td>Irregular warfare
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>1954</td>
<td>Gen. Sir <a href="Brian_Horrocks" title="Brian Horrocks">Brian Horrocks</a></td>
<td>Are we training for the last war?
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>1956</td>
<td>Prof. <a href="P.M.S._Blackett" class="mw-redirect" title="P.M.S. Blackett">P.M.S. Blackett</a></td>
<td>Atomic weapons, 1945–1955
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>1957</td>
<td><a href="John_Ehrman" title="John Ehrman">John Ehrman</a></td>
<td>Cabinet government and war, 1890–1940
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>1958</td>
<td>Field Marshal <a href="John_Harding%2C_1st_Baron_Harding_of_Petherton" title="John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton">John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton</a></td>
<td>Mediterranean strategy in the 2nd World War
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>1958</td>
<td>Sir <a href="Leslie_Rowan" title="Leslie Rowan">Leslie Rowan</a></td>
<td>Arms and economics: the changing challenge
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>1960</td>
<td>Capt. <a href="Stephen_Roskill" title="Stephen Roskill">Stephen Roskill</a></td>
<td>Maritime strategy in the twentieth century
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>1961</td>
<td>Field Marshal <a href="William_Slim%2C_1st_Viscount_Slim" title="William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim">William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim</a></td>
<td>The military mind and the spirit of an army
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>1962</td>
<td>Lt. Gen. Sir <a href="John_Hackett_(British_Army_officer)" title="John Hackett (British Army officer)">John Hackett</a></td>
<td>The profession of arms
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>1963</td>
<td>Dr. <a href="Noble_Frankland" title="Noble Frankland">Noble Frankland</a></td>
<td>The strategic air offensive
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>1965</td>
<td>Sir <a href="Solly_Zuckerman" class="mw-redirect" title="Solly Zuckerman">Solly Zuckerman</a></td>
<td>Science and military affairs
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>1966</td>
<td>Prof <a href="Michael_Howard_(historian)" title="Michael Howard (historian)">Michael Howard</a></td>
<td>Conduct of British strategy in the 2nd World War
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>1968</td>
<td>Prof. <a href="R.V._Jones" class="mw-redirect" title="R.V. Jones">R.V. Jones</a></td>
<td>Command
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>1969</td>
<td><a href="Alastair_Francis_Buchan" title="Alastair Francis Buchan">Alastair Buchan</a></td>
<td>The changing functions of military force in international politics
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>1970</td>
<td>Prof. <a href="Geoffrey_Best" title="Geoffrey Best">Geoffrey Best</a></td>
<td>Conscience and the conduct of war, from the French Revolution through the Franco-Prussian war
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>1971</td>
<td>Prof. <a href="Harry_Hinsley" title="Harry Hinsley">F. Harry Hinsley</a></td>
<td>War and the development of the international system
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>1972</td>
<td>Prof. <a href="John_Erickson_(historian)" title="John Erickson (historian)">John Erickson</a></td>
<td>Soviet soldiers and Soviet society
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>1973</td>
<td>Dr. <a href="Piers_Mackesy" title="Piers Mackesy">Piers Mackesy</a></td>
<td>Problems of an amphibious power 1795–1808
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>1974</td>
<td><a href="Donald_Cameron_Watt" title="Donald Cameron Watt">Donald Cameron Watt</a></td>
<td>European armed forces and the approach of the 2nd World War 1933–39
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>1974</td>
<td>Prof. <a href="Herman_Bondi" class="mw-redirect" title="Herman Bondi">Herman Bondi</a></td>
<td>Science and defence
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>1975</td>
<td>Dr. R.L. Clutterbuck</td>
<td>Guerilla warfare and political violence
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>1977</td>
<td>Prof. <a href="Christopher_Thorne_(historian)" class="mw-redirect" title="Christopher Thorne (historian)">Christopher Thorne</a></td>
<td>Anglo-American relations and war against Japan 1941–45
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>1979</td>
<td>Field-Marshal <a href="Michael_Carver%2C_Baron_Carver" class="mw-redirect" title="Michael Carver, Baron Carver">Lord Carver</a></td>
<td>Apostles of mobility
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>1981</td>
<td>Prof. <a href="Laurence_W._Martin" class="mw-redirect" title="Laurence W. Martin">Laurence W. Martin</a></td>
<td>Evolution of nuclear strategic doctrine since 1945
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>1983</td>
<td><a href="Alistair_Horne" title="Alistair Horne">Alistair Horne</a></td>
<td>The French army and politics 1870–1970
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>1985</td>
<td>Dr. <a href="Geoffrey_Parker_(historian)" title="Geoffrey Parker (historian)">Geoffrey Parker</a></td>
<td>European warfare 1520–1660
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>1986</td>
<td><a href="John_Keegan" title="John Keegan">John Keegan</a></td>
<td>Some fallacies of military history
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>1989</td>
<td>Dr. <a href="Alan_Bowman_(classicist)" title="Alan Bowman (classicist)">Alan Bowman</a></td>
<td>Vindolanda and the Roman Army: New documents from the northern frontier
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>1990</td>
<td><a href="Maurice_Keen" title="Maurice Keen">Maurice Keen</a></td>
<td>English military experience, c.1340 – c.1450
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>1992</td>
<td>Prof. <a href="William_Hardy_McNeill" class="mw-redirect" title="William Hardy McNeill">William Hardy McNeill</a></td>
<td>Dance, drill and bonding in human affairs
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>1995</td>
<td>Prof. <a href="Hew_Strachan" title="Hew Strachan">Hew Strachan</a></td>
<td>The politics of the British Army 1815–1914
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>1996</td>
<td>Field-Marshal Sir <a href="Peter_Inge%2C_Baron_Inge" title="Peter Inge, Baron Inge">Peter Inge</a></td>
<td>Military force in a changing world
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>1998</td>
<td>Prof. <a href="Keith_Jeffery" title="Keith Jeffery">Keith Jeffery</a></td>
<td>‘For the freedom of small nations’: Ireland and the Great War
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>2000</td>
<td>Prof. <a href="Brian_Bond" title="Brian Bond">Brian Bond</a></td>
<td>Britain and the First World War: The challenge to historians
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>2002</td>
<td><a href="Antony_Beevor" title="Antony Beevor">Antony Beevor</a></td>
<td>The experience of war
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>2004</td>
<td>Dr. David Parrott</td>
<td>War, Armies, and Politics in Early Modern Europe: The Military Devolution, 1560–1660
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>2006</td>
<td><a href="Ben_Shephard_(historian)" title="Ben Shephard (historian)">Ben Shephard</a></td>
<td>What Makes a Soldier? And What Does Not?
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>2008</td>
<td><a href="Peter_Paret" title="Peter Paret">Peter Paret</a></td>
<td>1806: The Cognitive Challenge of War
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>2010</td>
<td><a href="Andrew_Roberts_(historian)" class="mw-redirect" title="Andrew Roberts (historian)">Andrew Roberts</a><br>Prof. <a href="Nicholas_Rodger" class="mw-redirect" title="Nicholas Rodger">Nicholas Rodger</a><br>Prof. <a href="Richard_Overy" title="Richard Overy">Richard Overy</a><br><a href="Max_Hastings" title="Max Hastings">Sir Max Hastings</a></td>
<td>The creation of Anglo-American grand strategy 1941–45<br>The British Navy in the Second World War<br>Air Power in the Second World War: A War Winner?<br>The British Army in the Second World War
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>2012</td>
<td>Prof. <a href="Amir_Weiner" title="Amir Weiner">Amir Weiner</a></td>
<td>Total War: The Soviet Union and the Eastern Front in a Comparative Framework
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>2013</td>
<td></td>
<td>
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<td>2014</td>
<td>Sir <a href="Sherard_Cowper-Coles" title="Sherard Cowper-Coles">Sherard Cowper-Coles</a></td>
<td>Folly in foreign policy: On the British misadventure in Afghanistan
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>2015</td>
<td></td>
<td>
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<td>2016</td>
<td>Dr. <a href="James_Howard-Johnston" title="James Howard-Johnston">James Howard-Johnston</a></td>
<td>The Byzantine Art of War
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>2018</td>
<td>Dr. <a href="Nicholas_Rodger" class="mw-redirect" title="Nicholas Rodger">Nicholas Rodger</a></td>
<td>The Culture of Naval War, ca 1850 – 1950
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>2020</td>
<td>Gen. <a href="David_Petreaus" class="mw-redirect" title="David Petreaus">David Petreaus</a></td>
<td>
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<td>2022</td>
<td>Prof. <a href="Jay_Winter" title="Jay Winter">Jay Winter</a></td>
<td>The Civilianization of War
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div>
<ul><li><a href="Birkbeck_Lecture_in_Ecclesiastical_History" title="Birkbeck Lecture in Ecclesiastical History">Birkbeck Lecture in Ecclesiastical History</a></li>
<li><a href="Tarner_Lectures" title="Tarner Lectures">Tarner Lectures</a></li></ul>
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</style><cite class="citation news cs1">"Obituary: Sir Lees Knowles. A Life of Public Service". <i><a href="The_Times" title="The Times">The Times</a></i>. 8 October 1928. p. 18.</cite></span>
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<ul><li>Geoffrey Parker (1998). <i>The Military Revolution: Military Innovation and the Rise of the West 1500–1800</i>, <a href="Cambridge_University_Press" title="Cambridge University Press">Cambridge University Press</a>, <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>0-521-47958-4</bdi> p. xiii. "A short biography on <a href="Sir_Lees_Knowles%2C_1st_Baronet" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Lees Knowles, 1st Baronet">Sir Lees-Knowles</a>"</li></ul>
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<dd><a href="Henry_VIII" title="Henry VIII">Henry VIII</a></dd></dl>
<dl><dt><a href="Trinity_College%2C_Cambridge#Masters" title="Trinity College, Cambridge">Master</a></dt>
<dd><a href="Sally_Davies_(doctor)" title="Sally Davies (doctor)">Professor Dame Sally Davies</a></dd>
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<dd><a href="Trinity_College_Bridge" title="Trinity College Bridge">Bridge</a></dd>
<dd><a href="Burrell's_Field" title="Burrell's Field">Burrell's Field</a></dd>
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<dd><a href="King's_Hall%2C_Cambridge" title="King's Hall, Cambridge">King's Hall</a></dd>
<dd><a href="Michaelhouse%2C_Cambridge" title="Michaelhouse, Cambridge">Michaelhouse</a></dd>
<dd><a href="Cambridge_Science_Park" title="Cambridge Science Park">Cambridge Science Park</a></dd>
<dd><a href="Birkbeck_Lecture_in_Ecclesiastical_History" title="Birkbeck Lecture in Ecclesiastical History">Birkbeck Lectures</a></dd>
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<dd><a href="Tarner_Lectures" title="Tarner Lectures">Tarner Lectures</a></dd>
<dd><a href="Perrott-Warrick_Fund" title="Perrott-Warrick Fund">Perrott-Warrick Fund</a></dd></dl>
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