Sir William Laird Clowes (1 February 1856 – 14 August 1905) was a British journalist and historian whose principal work was The Royal Navy, A History from the Earliest Times to 1900, a text that is still in print. He also wrote numerous technical pieces on naval technology and strategy and was also noted for his articles concerning racial politics in the Southern United States. Despite having trained as a lawyer, Clowes had always preferred literature and writing, publishing his first work in 1876 and becoming a full-time journalist in 1879. For the services rendered in his career, Clowes was knighted, awarded the gold medal of the United States Naval Institute and given a civil list pension. He died in Sussex in 1905 after years of ill-health. (From Wikipedia) More about W. Laird Clowes:
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| | Books by W. Laird Clowes: Clowes, W. Laird (William Laird), Sir, 1856-1905: The Captain of the "Mary Rose": A Tale of To-Morrow (third edition; London: Tower, 1894), illust. by Edoardo Martino and Fred T. Jane (multiple formats at archive.org) Clowes, W. Laird (William Laird), Sir, 1856-1905: The Double Emperor: A Story of a Vagabond Cunarder (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1894), illust. by Fred T. Jane Clowes, W. Laird (William Laird), Sir, 1856-1905: The Great Naval War of 1887 (second edition; London: Hatchards, ca. 1887) (multiple formats at Google; US access only)
Additional books by W. Laird Clowes in the extended shelves: Clowes, W. Laird (William Laird), Sir, 1856-1905: All about the royal navy. (Cassell, 1891) (page images at HathiTrust) Clowes, W. Laird (William Laird), Sir, 1856-1905: Black America : a study of the ex-slave and his late master (Cassell, 1891), also by Henry Oscar Houghton (page images at HathiTrust) Clowes, W. Laird (William Laird), Sir, 1856-1905: Black America; a study of the ex-slave and his late master. (Negro Universities Press, 1970) (page images at HathiTrust) Clowes, W. Laird (William Laird), Sir, 1856-1905: The captain of the "Mary Rose"; a tale of to-morrow (Tower Publishing co., limited, 1894), also by Fred T. Jane and Eduardo de Martino (page images at HathiTrust) Clowes, W. Laird (William Laird), Sir, 1856-1905: The captain of the "Mary Rose" : a tale of tomorrow (Tower, 1892), also by Fred T. Jane and Eduardo de Martino (page images at HathiTrust) Clowes, W. Laird (William Laird), Sir, 1856-1905: The captain of the "Mary Rose" : a tale of tomorrow (W. Thacker & Co., 1898) (page images at HathiTrust) Clowes, W. Laird (William Laird), Sir, 1856-1905: Cassell's miniature cyclopaedia. (Cassell, 1888) (page images at HathiTrust) Clowes, W. Laird (William Laird), Sir, 1856-1905: Four modern naval campaigns : historical, strategical and tactical (Unit Library, 1902) (page images at HathiTrust) Clowes, W. Laird (William Laird), Sir, 1856-1905: Four modern naval campaigns: historical, strategical and tactical. (Cornmarket, 1970) (page images at HathiTrust) Clowes, W. Laird (William Laird), Sir, 1856-1905: Four modern naval campaigns : historical, strategical, and tactical (Hutchinson, 1906) (page images at HathiTrust) Clowes, W. Laird (William Laird), Sir, 1856-1905: Love's rebellion, a poem. (C.K. Paul, 1878) (page images at HathiTrust) Clowes, W. Laird (William Laird), Sir, 1856-1905: The Naval pocket-book. (Tower Publishing Co., Ltd. [etc.], 1896) (page images at HathiTrust) Clowes, W. Laird (William Laird), Sir, 1856-1905: The royal navy, a history from the earliest times to present (S. Low, Marston, Co., 1897), also by Herbert Wrigley Wilson, A. T. Mahan, and Clements R. Markham (page images at HathiTrust) Clowes, W. Laird (William Laird), Sir, 1856-1905: The royal navy, a history from the earliest times to present (S. Low, Marston, Co., 1897), also by Herbert Wrigley Wilson, A. T. Mahan, and Clements R. Markham (page images at HathiTrust) Clowes, W. Laird (William Laird), Sir, 1856-1905: The Royal Navy; a history from the earliest times to the present (Sampson Low, Marston & co., ltd., 1897), also by L. G. Carr Laughton, Theodore Roosevelt, Herbert Wrigley Wilson, A. T. Mahan, and Clements R. Markham (page images at HathiTrust) Clowes, W. Laird (William Laird), Sir, 1856-1905: The Royal Navy : a history from the earliest times to the present (S. Low, Marston, 1897), also by Theodore Roosevelt, H. W. Wilson, A. T. Mahan, and Clements R. Markham (page images at HathiTrust)
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