John Charles Roger Childs FRHS (born June 1949) is Emeritus Professor of Military History at the University of Leeds.
Childs first worked in the defence industry before becoming Sir James Knott Research Fellow at Newcastle University.
[1] His research interests include the history of the British Army from 1660 to 1702 (published as a trilogy), the Stuart Restoration, and European military history of the early modern period.
Childs has published numerous monographs and contributions, in particular the Glorious Revolution (1688/89).
He is co-author with André Corvisier of A dictionary of military history and the art of war.