Michael Duffy is a naval historian,[1] specialising in the Napoleonic war period.
He is reader in British history and director of the Centre for Maritime Historical Studies at the University of Exeter.
Duffy earned his BA in history, MA, and DPhil in history at the University of Oxford.
Appointed director of the Centre for Maritime Historical Studies in 1991, he was promoted to reader in British history in 2001.
He has been vice-president of the Navy Records Society and editor of the Mariner's Mirror.