Charles William Chadwick Oman (1860-01-12)12 January 1860 Muzaffarpur district, India
Died
23 June 1946(1946-06-23) (aged 86) Oxford, United Kingdom
Occupation
Historian
Alma mater
University of Oxford
Sir Charles William Chadwick Oman, KBE, FBA (12 January 1860 – 23 June 1946) was a British military historian. His reconstructions of medieval battles from the fragmentary and distorted accounts left by chroniclers were pioneering. Occasionally his interpretations have been challenged, especially his widely copied thesis that British troops defeated their Napoleonic opponents by firepower alone.[citation needed] Paddy Griffith, among modern historians, argues that the British infantry's discipline and willingness to attack were equally important.
Sir Charles William Chadwick Oman, KBE, FBA (12 January 1860 – 23 June 1946) was a British military historian. His reconstructions of medieval battles...
Masqaṭ pronounced [ˈmasqatˤ]) is the capital and most populated city in Oman. It is the seat of the Governorate of Muscat. According to the National Centre...
London. Her father was Charles Chichele Oman, Keeper of Metalwork at the Victoria and Albert Museum, son of Sir CharlesOman; her mother the historian...
000–15,000. Ammianus notes the important role of the Gothic cavalry. CharlesOman, believing that the cavalry were the majority of the Gothic force, interpreted...
2021. Oman, Charles William Chadwick (1902). A History of the Peninsular War: 1807–1809. Vol. I. Oxford: Clarendon Press. Retrieved 1 May 2021. Oman, Charles...
The Omani Empire (Arabic: الْإِمْبَرَاطُورِيَّة الْعُمَانِيَّة) was a maritime empire, vying with Portugal and Britain for trade and influence in the...
Portuguese Oman refers to the period during which the northern coastal cities of Oman were under Portuguese rule, between 1507 and 1656. The coastal region...
a seven-volume non-fiction scholarly historical work written by Sir CharlesOman, covering the Peninsular War (1807-1814) in the Iberian Peninsula during...
called themselves Scoti in ancient times, except when writing in Latin. CharlesOman derives it from Scuit, proposing a meaning of 'a man cut off', suggesting...
mis-citation of a passage by CharlesOman suggesting that the Spanish arquebusiers kneeled to reload, when in fact Oman never made such a claim. This...
that Scoti came from Gaelic sgaothaich, meaning "crowd" or "horde". CharlesOman (1910) derived it from Gaelic scuit, meaning someone cut off. He believed...
the Italian Wars under Gonzalo de Córdoba and Ramón de Cardona. Sir CharlesOman describes their tactics thus: Their tactics were not to close but to...
southern France. Later it was fought near the city of Saintes. According to CharlesOman; the English and their allies were routed and forced to make peace[citation...
general and crusader matched or exceeded the Frenchman's own reputation. CharlesOman described the battle as the most remarkable triumphs ever won by a force...
reached 1,200. This many lashes could permanently disable or kill a man. CharlesOman, historian of the Peninsular War, noted that the maximum sentence was...
251–252: Charles V to Najera. Clodfelter, Warfare and Armed Conflicts, 11; Oman, Art of War, 184; Rodríguez Hernández, "Spanish Imperial Wars", 293. Oman writes...
1905, 1907 Edwin Arnold (1832–1904) William John Loftie (1839–1911) CharlesOman (1860–1946) Rabindranath Tagore 7 May 1861 Kolkata, West Bengal 7 August...
as mis-citation of a passage by CharlesOman suggesting that the Spanish arquebusiers knelt to reload, when in fact Oman never made such a claim. This is...
Charles V, 72–73; Oman, Art of War, 213. Oman, Art of War, 229. Oman, Art of War, 229. D'Avalos had captured Mondovì only a short time before. Oman,...
Belveder) was a Spanish military commander during the Peninsular War. CharlesOman (Oman, 1902) referred to Belvedere as "... a rash and headstrong young aristocrat...
2015.[permanent dead link] C. Oman, A History of England before the Norman Conquest, London, 1910, p. 157. Sir CharlesOman: A History of England before...
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