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Garrett Mattingly Summary (1384 words) |
 | Born on May 6, 1900, in Washington, D.C., Garrett Mattingly was the son of Ida Garrett and Leonard Mattingly, a civil servant and industrialist. |
| Mattingly's professional career began at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, where he was appointed an instructor in English in 1926. |
| Garrett Mattingly (1900-1962) was a professor of European history at Columbia University, specializing in early modern diplomatic history. |
| The Scale Factor In Nature, Alaska Science Forum (781 words) |
| Mattingly was speaking on the Tudor dynasty and Richard III, King of England during the latter part of the 15th century. |
| Mattingly stirred up a spirited debate by postulating that Richard's small size may have actually increased his effectiveness on the battlefield. |
| Thus, said Mattingly, Richard's armor would have been proportionally much lighter than that of a larger man, leaving him less encumbered in battle. |
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