<P> Sir Julian Stafford Corbett ( 12 November 1854 at Walcot House , Kennington Road , Lambeth -- 21 September 1922 at Manor Farm , Stopham , Pulborough , Sussex ) was a prominent British naval historian and geostrategist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries , whose works helped shape the Royal Navy 's reforms of that era . One of his most famous works is Some Principles of Maritime Strategy , which remains a classic among students of naval warfare . Corbett was a good friend and ally of naval reformer Admiral John `` Jacky '' Fisher , the First Sea Lord . He was chosen to write the official history of British Naval operations during World War I . </P>
who was the strategic thinker and naval war college professor who developed the theory of sea power
Sir Julian Stafford Corbett