Lees Knowles Lecture

The Lees Knowles Lectureship was established at Trinity College, Cambridge 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.^[1] The lectureship was established by a bequest by Trinity alumnus and military historian Sir Lees Knowles.^[2]

See also

• Birkbeck Lecture in Ecclesiastical History
• Tarner Lectures

References

1. David Parrott. History Faculty Alumni Newsletter No. 3 (May 2005), University of Oxford, Faculty of History. Retrieved 13 July 2008
2. "Obituary: Sir Lees Knowles. A Life of Public Service". The Times. 8 October 1928. p. 18.
3. Home > About Trinity > Public Lectures > Lees Knowles Lectures > Past Lees Knowles Lecturers, Trinity College, Cambridge. Retrieved 13 July 2008

Further reading

• Geoffrey Parker (1998). The Military Revolution: Military Innovation and the Rise of the West 1500–1800, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-47958-4 p. xiii. "A short biography on Sir Lees-Knowles"