caption serviceyears laterwork branch death_date death_place birth_place allegiance awards battles birth_date rank image article_title name
ernest dunlop swinton 1888 -- 1919 air history at oxford university , colonel commandant of the royal ministry tank corps , citroën , chichele professor of military royal engineers 15 january 1951 oxford , oxfordshire bangalore , india united kingdom knight companion of the order of the bath distinguished service order commander of the order of the british empire second boer war first world war 21 october 1868 major general e. d. swinton op . p. 81.jpg ernest dunlop swinton
 ernest dunlop swinton
ernest dunlop swinton

major-general sir ernest dunlop swinton , -lrb- 21 october 1868 -- 15 january 1951 -rrb- was a british army officer who was active in the development and adoption of the tank during the first world war .
he was also a war correspondent and author of several allegorical works of fiction on military themes , including a lastingly influential book on tactics and good practice .
he is credited with having coined the word `` tank '' as a code-name for the first tracked , armoured fighting vehicles .
