Определение cyril northcote parkinson в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь
born July 30, 1909, Barnard Castle, Durham, Eng. died March 9, 1993, Canterbury, Kent British historian and writer. He received a Ph.D. from Kings College, London, and later taught at various schools in England and Malaya. He is most famous for his 1955 formulation of the satiric "Parkinson's Law," which stated that "Work expands to fill the time available for its completion." In The Law and the Profits (1960) he discussed a second law, "Expenditure rises to meet income