was he working for any university?
Yes, at the University of Liverpool.
C. Northcote Parkinson
Demobilized as a major in 1945, he was a lecturer in history at the University of Liverpool from 1946 to 1949.
where was the battle of grand port fought? Indian Ocean when did the battle start? 20–27 August 1810 who were fighting in the battle? French Navy and the British Royal Navy. who attempted to withdraw from the battle? UNANSWERABLE did anyone surrender in it? Yes,  British forces any literature which referred to the battle? Dead Reckoning, The Mauritius Command, etc how were the martyrs of the battle commemorated? A monument was erected at the harbour of Grand Port. who designed it? UNANSWERABLE who is the author of the first literature? C. Northcote Parkinson did he serve in the military? Yes, he undertook a range of staff and military teaching positions in Britain.
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C. Northcote Parkinson [SEP] Academic and military career
In 1940, he joined the Queen's Royal Regiment as a captain and undertook a range of staff and military teaching positions in Britain. In 1943 he married Ethelwyn Edith Graves (born 1915), a nurse tutor at Middlesex Hospital, with whom he had two children. Demobilized as a major in 1945, he was a lecturer in history at the University of Liverpool from 1946 to 1949. In 1950, he was appointed Raffles Professor of History at the new University of Malaya in Singapore. While there, he initiated an important series of historical monographs on the history of Malaya, publishing the first in 1960.