Nicholas Tracy
Nicholas Tracy (born 1944) is a Canadian naval historian who studies 18th century British naval history and Canadian naval history.
Early life and education
Tracy graduated from the University of Saskatchewan earning a B.A. with honours in history in 1966. In 1965, as an undergraduate at Saskatchewan, he served as an Acting Sub-Lieutenant in the Royal Canadian Navy. He earned his Ph.D. in naval history at the University of Southampton in 1972.
Academic career
Tracy began his teaching career at Dalhousie University in 1977 and the was appointed at the University of New Brunswick from 1981 to 2007. He taught at St. Thomas University in 1982 and was associate professor of history and senior visiting fellow at the National University of Singapore in 1983-86. In 1993, he was Advanced Research Scholar at the U.S. Naval War College.
Major publications
- A two-edged sword: the Navy as an instrument of Canadian foreign policy (Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2012).
- Master & Madman: the surprising rise and disastrous fall of the Hon Anthony Lockwood, RN, by Peter Thomas and Nicholas Tracy. (Fredericton, NB : Goose Lane Editions, 2012).
- Britannia's palette: the arts of naval victory (Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2007).
- Sea power and the control of trade : belligerent rights from the Russian War to the Beira patrol : 1854-1970, edited by Nicholas Tracy. Publications of the Navy Records Society, vol. 149. (Aldershot, England : Ashgate for the Navy Records Society, 2005).
- Naval warfare in the age of sail : the evolution of fighting tactics 1650-1815, by Brian Tunstall; edited by Nicholas Tracy.(Edison, N.J.: Wellfleet Press, 2001).
- The Naval Chronicle: the contemporary record of the Royal Navy at war, prepared for general use by Nicholas Tracy. Consolidated ed. 5 vols. (Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1999).
- The collective naval DeFence of the Empire, 1900-1940, edited by Nicholas Tracy. Publications of the Navy Records Society, vol. 136. (Aldershot, Hants, England: Published by Ashgate for the Navy Records Society, 1997).
- Nelson's battles: the art of victory in the age of sail (London: Chatham, 1996).
- Canada's naval strategy : rooted in experience. Maritime Security Occasional Paper, no. 1. (Halifax: Centre for Foreign Policy Studies, Dalhousie University, 1995).
- ''Manila ransomed: the British assault on Manila in the Seven Years' War (Exeter [England] : University of Exeter Press, 1995).
- The age of sail: the international annual of the historic sailing ship. Volume 2, 2003-2004 / edited by Nicholas Tracy ; managing editor, Martin Robson. (London: Conway Maritime Press, c2003).
- ''A cruising guide to the Bay of Fundy and the St. John River: including Passamoquoddy Bay and the southwestern shore of Nova Scotia with illustrations by Sarah Petite. (Fredericton, N.B.: Goose Lane, 1992).
- Attack on maritime trade (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1991).
- ''Navies, deterrence, and American independence: Britain and seapower in the 1760s and 1770s (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 1988).
- Canadian shipbuilding and shipping businesses: the state of scholarship (Halifax, N.S. : Canadian Marine Transportation Centre and Dalhousie Ocean Studies Programme, 1985).