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Henry Edmund Harvey Spencer-Cooper
1884–1968
A Royal Navy officer turned naval historian, he wrote a vivid firsthand-style account of the Battle of the Falkland Islands and the events around it. His work stands out for its close attention to detail and its feel for life at sea during the First World War.
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The Battle of the Falkland Islands, Before and After
by Henry Edmund Harvey Spencer-Cooper
About the author
Born on January 18, 1884, Henry Edmund Harvey Spencer-Cooper was a British Royal Navy officer who later retired with the rank of captain. Records also note that he was born Henry Edmund Harvey and adopted the name Henry Edmund Harvey Spencer-Cooper by Royal License in December 1906.
He is best known as the author of The Battle of the Falkland Islands, Before and After, a history of the 1914 naval battle published in 1919. The book draws on his naval background and is remembered for its detailed account of the action and its aftermath, making it of lasting interest to readers of First World War maritime history.
Spencer-Cooper died on July 18, 1968. Though not a widely known literary figure, he remains notable as a writer whose military experience gave his historical work unusual immediacy and authority.