| LC control no. | n 85243782 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PR6037.W87 |
| Personal name heading | Swinton, E. D. (Ernest Dunlop), 1868-1951 |
| Variant(s) | Swinton, Ernest Dunlop, 1868-1951 Backsight Forethought, 1868-1951 Forethought, Backsight, 1868-1951 |
| See also | Alternate identity: Luk-Oie, Ole, 1868-1951 |
| Associated country | Great Britain Great Britain |
| Birth date | 1868-10-21 |
| Death date | 1951-01-15 |
| Place of birth | Bangalore (India) |
| Place of death | Oxford (England) |
| Affiliation | Great Britain. Army |
| Profession or occupation | Armies--Officers College teachers |
| Found in | The defence of Duffer's Drift, 1904: t.p. (by "Backsight Forethought") The defence of Duffer's Drift, ©1986: CIP t.p. (E.D. Swinton) The defence of Duffer's Drift, 2021: t.p. (Captain Ernest Dunlop Swinton) The great tab dope, 1915: t.p. ("Ole Luk-Oie" author of "The green curve") front cover (Ole-Luk-Oie) LC data base, 2/19/86 (hdg.: Swinton, Ernest Dunlop, Sir, 1868-1951) Wikipedia WWW site, 7 June, 2016 (Ernest Dunlop Swinton; Major-General Sir Ernest Dunlop Swinton, KBE, CB, DSO; 21 October 1868, Bangalore, India-15 January 1951, Oxford, Oxfordshire; a British Army officer who was active in the development and adoption of the tank during the First World War; He was also a war correspondent and author of several allegorical works of fiction on military themes, including a lastingly influential book on tactics and good practice; He is credited with having coined the word "tank" as a code-name for the first tracked, armoured fighting vehicles) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Dunlop_Swinton> The encyclopedia of science fiction WWW site, 7 June, 2016 (Ole Luk-Oie; The best-known pseudonym of India-born UK military thinker and writer Ernest Dunlap Swinton (1868-1951); His first book, "The Defence of Duffer's Drift: A Few Experiences in Field Defence for Detached Posts Which May Prove Useful in our Next War" (1904 chap) as by Backsight Forethought; From 1925 to 1939 he held the Chichele chair of military history at Oxford, lecturing from the first on the need for constant innovation in the armed forces; In mid-career Swinton published two volumes of fiction as by Ole Luk-Oie (a Danish term meaning "Shut-Eye"): "The Green Curve and Other Stories" (coll 1909) and "The Great Tab Dope and Other Stories" (coll 1915)) <http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/ole_luk-oie> |
| Associated language | eng |
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