which university did he attend?
King's College London
C. Northcote Parkinson
 In 1934, then a graduate student at King's College London, he wrote his PhD thesis on "Trade and War in the Eastern Seas, 1803–1810", which was awarded the Julian Corbett Prize in Naval History for 1935.
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. was he working for any university? Yes, at the University of Liverpool. did he resign from any position? Yes. he resigned his position at the University of Malaya. what position did he have in that university? He was a teacher. what was he teaching over there? history
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C. Northcote Parkinson [SEP] Early life and education
The youngest son of William Edward Parkinson (1871–1927), an art master at North East County School and from 1913 principal of York School of Arts and Crafts, and his wife, Rose Emily Mary Curnow (born 1877), Parkinson attended St. Peter's School, York, where in 1929 he won an Exhibition to study history at Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He received a BA degree in 1932. As an undergraduate, Parkinson developed an interest in naval history, which he pursued when the Pellew family gave him access to family papers at the recently established National Maritime Museum. The papers formed the basis of his first book, "Edward Pellew, Viscount Exmouth, Admiral of the Red".