Geoffrey Till
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Geoffrey Till, FKC is a British naval historian
and Professor of Maritime Studies in the Defence Studies Department of King's College London
.
, where he received his B.A.
in 1966. Then, he went on to complete his MA in 1968 and PhD in 1976 at the Department of War Studies, King's College London
.
, Dartmouth
and the Department of Systems Science at the City University, London
. In 1983, he was appointed visiting lecturer at King's College London
and in 1989, he was appointed professor of history at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, also teaching at the Open University
. On a NATO Defence Fellowship, he was a visiting scholar at the United States
Naval Postgraduate School
, Monterey, California
. In 1989, Professor Till held the Foundation Chair in Military Affairs at the United States
Marine Corps University
, Quantico
, Virginia
.
With the closure of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, Till moved to the Joint Services Command and Staff College
, where he served as the Dean
of Academic Studies, a position he help concurrently with his King's College London chair. He was also Head of Department of the Defence Studies Department and Dean of Academic Studies, King's College London
, until September 2006, when he received a Fellowship of King's College London.
He has also been Visiting Professor at the Armed Forces University, Taiwan and Senior Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, Singapore. He is also a Member of Council of the Royal United Services Institute
.
He has written extensively on maritime history and strategy. Professor Till has been Reviews Editor for the Journal of Strategic Studies since it was launched in 1978, General Editor of Brassey’s Seapower: Naval Vessels, Weapons Systems and Technology series since 1987, contributing its first volume on modern sea power, and general series editor of the Frank Cass series on naval policy and history.
Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
and Professor of Maritime Studies in the Defence Studies Department of King's College London
King's College London
King's College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the federal University of London. King's has a claim to being the third oldest university in England, having been founded by King George IV and the Duke of Wellington in 1829, and...
.
Early life and education
The son of Arthur Till, a Royal Air Force officer, and Violet Till, Geoffrey Till studied at King's College LondonKing's College London
King's College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the federal University of London. King's has a claim to being the third oldest university in England, having been founded by King George IV and the Duke of Wellington in 1829, and...
, where he received his B.A.
Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
in 1966. Then, he went on to complete his MA in 1968 and PhD in 1976 at the Department of War Studies, King's College London
King's College London
King's College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the federal University of London. King's has a claim to being the third oldest university in England, having been founded by King George IV and the Duke of Wellington in 1829, and...
.
Academic career
His first academic appointments were at the Britannia Royal Naval CollegeBritannia Royal Naval College
Britannia Royal Naval College is the initial officer training establishment of the Royal Navy, located on a hill overlooking Dartmouth, Devon, England. While Royal Naval officer training has taken place in the town since 1863, the buildings which are seen today were only finished in 1905, and...
, Dartmouth
Dartmouth, Devon
Dartmouth is a town and civil parish in the English county of Devon. It is a tourist destination set on the banks of the estuary of the River Dart, which is a long narrow tidal ria that runs inland as far as Totnes...
and the Department of Systems Science at the City University, London
City University, London
City University London , is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom. It was founded in 1894 as the Northampton Institute and became a university in 1966, when it adopted its present name....
. In 1983, he was appointed visiting lecturer at King's College London
King's College London
King's College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the federal University of London. King's has a claim to being the third oldest university in England, having been founded by King George IV and the Duke of Wellington in 1829, and...
and in 1989, he was appointed professor of history at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, also teaching at the Open University
Open University
The Open University is a distance learning and research university founded by Royal Charter in the United Kingdom...
. On a NATO Defence Fellowship, he was a visiting scholar at the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Naval Postgraduate School
Naval Postgraduate School
The Naval Postgraduate School is an accredited research university operated by the United States Navy. Located in Monterey, California, it grants master's degrees, Engineer's degrees and doctoral degrees...
, Monterey, California
Monterey, California
The City of Monterey in Monterey County is located on Monterey Bay along the Pacific coast in Central California. Monterey lies at an elevation of 26 feet above sea level. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 27,810. Monterey is of historical importance because it was the capital of...
. In 1989, Professor Till held the Foundation Chair in Military Affairs at the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Marine Corps University
Marine Corps University
The Marine Corps University reports to the United States Marine Corps Training And Education Command. It was established on August 1, 1989 by General Alfred M...
, Quantico
Quantico, Virginia
- Demographics :As of the census of 2000, there are 561 people, 295 households, and 107 families living in the town. The population density is . There are 359 housing units at an average density of .-Racial composition:...
, Virginia
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
.
With the closure of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, Till moved to the Joint Services Command and Staff College
Joint Services Command and Staff College
Joint Services Command and Staff College is a British military academic establishment providing training and education to experienced officers of the Royal Navy, Army, Royal Air Force, Ministry of Defence Civil Service, and serving officers of other states.-History:JSCSC combined the single...
, where he served as the Dean
Dean (education)
In academic administration, a dean is a person with significant authority over a specific academic unit, or over a specific area of concern, or both...
of Academic Studies, a position he help concurrently with his King's College London chair. He was also Head of Department of the Defence Studies Department and Dean of Academic Studies, King's College London
King's College London
King's College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the federal University of London. King's has a claim to being the third oldest university in England, having been founded by King George IV and the Duke of Wellington in 1829, and...
, until September 2006, when he received a Fellowship of King's College London.
He has also been Visiting Professor at the Armed Forces University, Taiwan and Senior Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, Singapore. He is also a Member of Council of the Royal United Services Institute
Royal United Services Institute
The Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies , officially still known by its old name, the Royal United Services Institution, is a British defence and security think tank. It was founded in 1831 by The Duke of Wellington.RUSI describes itself asIt won Prospect Magazine's...
.
He has written extensively on maritime history and strategy. Professor Till has been Reviews Editor for the Journal of Strategic Studies since it was launched in 1978, General Editor of Brassey’s Seapower: Naval Vessels, Weapons Systems and Technology series since 1987, contributing its first volume on modern sea power, and general series editor of the Frank Cass series on naval policy and history.
Published works
- Air Power and the Royal Navy, 1914-1945: a historical survey. London [etc.] : Macdonald and Jane's, 1979.
- Maritime Strategy and the Nuclear Age by Geoffrey Till, with contributions from John HattendorfJohn HattendorfJohn Brewster Hattendorf is an American naval historian. He is the author, co-author, editor, or co-editor of more than forty books on British and American maritime history and naval warfare. In 2005, the U.S...
... [et al.]. London : Macmillan, 1982,1984; New York: St. Martins Press, 1984. - The Sea in Soviet Strategy by Bryan RanftBryan RanftBryan Ranft was an historian of the Royal Navy, who served as Professor of History and International Affairs at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, 1967-1977.-Early life and education:...
and Geoffrey Till. London: Macmillan, 1983; 1989. - The Future of British Sea Power, edited by Geoffrey Till. London: Macmillan, 1984.
- The Strategy of Seapower by Stephen RoskillStephen RoskillCaptain Stephen Wentworth Roskill, CBE, DSC, FBA, DLitt was a career officer in the Royal Navy, serving during the Second World War and, after his enforced medical retirement, served as the official historian of the Royal Navy from 1949 to 1960...
with Geoffrey Till editor and author of the revision. London: John Goodchild, 1986. - Modern Sea Power: An Introduction London: Brassey's Defence, 1987.
- Britain and NATO's Northern Flank, edited by Geoffrey Till. Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1988.
- East-West Relations in the 1990s: The Naval Dimension, edited by John Pay and Geoffrey Till. London: Pinter, 1990.
- British Naval Documents 1204-1960 eds. J. B. HattendorfJohn HattendorfJohn Brewster Hattendorf is an American naval historian. He is the author, co-author, editor, or co-editor of more than forty books on British and American maritime history and naval warfare. In 2005, the U.S...
, R.J.B. Knight, A. W. H. PearsallA. W. H. PearsallAlan William Halliday Pearsall, was a naval and railway historian, who served for thirty years from 1955 to 1985 on the staff of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich....
, N. A. M. Rodger, G. Till, Capt. A. B. Sainsbury, Navy Records Society (1993). - Coastal Forces by Barry Clarke, Jurgen Fielitz & Malcolm Touchin; edited by Geoffrey Till; with a foreword by Sir Julian OswaldJulian OswaldAdmiral of the Fleet Sir John Julian Robertson Oswald GCB was a British naval officer who served as Chief of the Naval Staff and First Sea Lord.-Naval career:...
. London: Brassey's (UK), 1994. - Sea Power: Theory and Practice, edited by Geoffrey Till. London: Frank cass, 1994.
- Amphibious Operations: A Collection of Papers by Geoffrey Till, Mark J. Grove and Theo Farrell. Camberley: Strategic and Combat Studies Institute, 1997.
- Challenges of High Command in the Twentieth Century, edited by Gary SheffieldGary SheffieldGary Antonian Sheffield , nicknamed "Sheff", is an American retired Major League Baseball outfielder. He played for eight major league ball clubs from 1988 to 2009, primarily as an outfielder.-Biography:...
and Geoffrey Till. Camberley: Strategic and Combat Studies Institute, 2000; Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003. - Seapower at the Millennium, edited by Geoffrey Till. Stroud: Sutton, 2001.
- Seapower: A Guide for the Twenty-First Century. London: Frank Cass, 2004.
- The Development of British Naval Thinking: Essays in Memory of Bryan RanftBryan RanftBryan Ranft was an historian of the Royal Navy, who served as Professor of History and International Affairs at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, 1967-1977.-Early life and education:...
, edited by Geoffrey Till. London: Routledge, 2006. - Globalisation and Defence in the Asia-Pacific, edited by Geoffrey Till, Emrys Chew, and Joshua Ho. London: Routledge, 2007.
Sources
- Gale Contemporary Authors