# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/c-northcote-parkinson
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:19:44.693Z

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name: "C. Northcote Parkinson"
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description: "Cyril Northcote Parkinson was a British naval historian and author of some 60 books, the most famous of which was his best-seller Parkinson's Law (1957), in which Parkinson named the satirical Law stating that \"work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion\" after himself. The Law came to be taken seriously and led to his being regarded as an important scholar in public administration and management."
tagline: "British naval historian (1909–1993)"
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birthDate: "1909-07-30"
deathDate: "1993-03-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump