Stephen Turnbull

Stephen Richard Turnbull (born 6 February 1948) is a British academic, historian and writer.Library of Congress (LOC),  Turnbull, Stephen R.; retrieved 2012-10-19. He is a specialist in Far Eastern military history.  He is best known for his writing about the samurai of Japan.

Early life
Turnbull earned a degree at Cambridge University.Turnbull, Stephen R.  (2005).  Samurai Commanders, p. 2.

Further studies led to his earning an MA in Theology and an MA in Military History.  He was awarded a PhD from the University of Leeds.

Career
Turnbull is a lecturer in Far Eastern Religions at Leeds.University of Leeds,  Dr. Stephen Turnbull probile ; retrieved 2012-10-19.

Selected works
In an overview of writings by and about Louis-Frédéric, OCLC/WorldCat lists roughly 100+ works in 400+ publications in 15 languages and 15,000+ library holdings. WorldCat Identities: Turnbull, Stephen R. 
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 Samurai armies, 1550–1615, 1979
 The Mongols, 1980
 The Book of the Samurai, 1982
 The Book of the Medieval Knight, 1985
 Samurai Warriors, 1987
 Samurai Warlords: The Book of the Daimyō, 1989
 Ninja: The True Story of Japan's Secret Warrior Cult, 1991
 The Samurai: A Military History, 1996
 Samurai Warfare, 1997
 The Samurai Sourcebook, 1998
 Nagashino 1575: Slaughter at the Barricades, 2000
 Ashigaru 1467–1649: Weapons, Armour, Tactics, 2001
 The Knight Triumphant: The High Middle Ages, 1314–1485, 2001
 Samurai Heraldry, 2002
 Samurai Invasion: Japan's Korean War, 1592–1598, 2002
 War in Japan: 1467–1615, 2002
 Genghis Khan & the Mongol Conquests 1190–1400, 2003
 Japanese castles, 1540–1640, 2003
 Japanese Warrior Monks AD 949–1603, 2003
 Kawanakajima 1553–1564: Samurai Power Struggle, 2003
 Ninja AD 1460–1650, 2003
 Tannenberg 1410: Disaster for the Teutonic Knights, 2003
 The Walls of Constantinople: AD 324–1453, 2004
 Warriors of Medieval Japan, 2005
 Samurai Commanders, 2005
 Samurai: the world of the warrior, 2006
 The Samurai Swordsman: Master of War, 2008

Honors
 British Association for Japanese Studies, Cannon Prize.

References

Other websites
  Turnbull, Stephen R. at Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) 

Category:British Japanologists
Category:1948 births
Category:Living people
Category:Academics of the University of Leeds