Marc Milner

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Joseph Marc Milner (born 12 April 1954) is a Canadian military and naval historian, author of several books including one novel. He is Director of the Gregg Centre for the Study of War and Society at the University of New Brunswick.

Early life and education

The son of William Clayton Milner and Rita Mary Legere Milner, he was born and raised in

Ph.D. there in 1983, completing a doctoral dissertation titled "No higher purpose: the Royal Canadian Navy's mid-Atlantic war 1939–1944".[1][2]

Career

Upon completion of his PhD, Milner began his professional career in 1983 as an historian in the Directorate of History, National Defense Headquarters, where he served until 1986, when the University of New Brunswick appointed him an assistant professor of history and director of its military and strategic studies program. Rising to full professor, he became chairman of the history department, 2002–2010, and since 2006 Director of the university's Brigadier Milton Fowler Gregg, VC, Centre for the Study of War and Society.

He was the recipient of the C.P. Stacey Prize in 2004 for his book Battle of the Atlantic.

Milner is fond of sailing, has cruised various Atlantic Canadian shorelines in his 16-foot daysailer, and spent time "before the mast" on the tall ship HMS Rose between Boston and Halifax, Nova Scotia. He is married and has two children.[3]

Publications

Author
With Robert Power
With Ken MacPherson
  • Corvettes of the Royal Canadian Navy: 1939–1945. Vanwell Pub Ltd. (Feb 28 1994)
With D. Charters and B. Wilson
  • Defence Policy for a New Century: The UNB Workshop on the Defence Policy Review (1994)
  • Military History and the Military Profession (1992)
With Lee Windsor and Roger Sarty

References

  1. ^ Who's Who in Canada
  2. ^ University of New Brunswick Library catalogue
  3. ^ Who's Who in Canada
  4. ^ "Loyal Gunners: 3rd Field Artillery Regiment (The Loyal Company) and the History of New Brunswick's Artillery, 1893-2012". Wilfrid Laurier University Press. Wilfrid Laurier University Press. Retrieved 27 December 2022.