Eric Grove modeled generous naval-history mentorship

Did Dr. Clarke work with naval historian Eric Grove?

Yes, and he remembers Grove as an exceptional scholar and mentor who actively supported junior researchers.

The recollection begins with Grove's intellectual and professional generosity, including recommendations that helped younger scholars obtain television and other work. A conference anecdote shows him objecting when doctoral students who had presented papers were excluded from the formal dinner. Grove and senior colleagues instead took the students to dinner, drawing much of the conference community with them and ensuring the students did not pay. The story makes mentorship part of naval historiography's institutional history, not merely a personal aside about a distinguished scholar.