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Stephen Richard Turnbull (born 6 February 1948) is a British academic, historian and writer.^[1] He is a specialist in Far Eastern military history. He is best known for his writing about the samurai of Japan.

Turnbull earned a degree at Cambridge University.^[2]

Further studies led to his earning an MA in Theology and an MA in Military History. He was awarded a PhD from the University of Leeds.^[2]

Turnbull is a lecturer in Far Eastern Religions at Leeds.^[3]

In an overview of writings by and about Louis-Frédéric, OCLC/WorldCat lists roughly 100+ works in 400+ publications in 15 languages and 15,000+ library holdings.^[4]

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• Samurai armies, 1550–1615,^{[permanent dead link]} 1979
• The Mongols,^{[permanent dead link]} 1980
• The Book of the Samurai, 1982
• The Book of the Medieval Knight, 1985
• Samurai Warriors,^{[permanent dead link]} 1987
• Samurai Warlords: The Book of the Daimyō,^{[permanent dead link]} 1989
• Ninja: The True Story of Japan's Secret Warrior Cult, 1991
• The Samurai: A Military History, 1996
• Samurai Warfare,^{[permanent dead link]} 1997
• The Samurai Sourcebook,^{[permanent dead link]} 1998
• Nagashino 1575: Slaughter at the Barricades,^{[permanent dead link]} 2000
• Ashigaru 1467–1649: Weapons, Armour, Tactics,^{[permanent dead link]} 2001
• The Knight Triumphant: The High Middle Ages, 1314–1485, 2001
• Samurai Heraldry,^{[permanent dead link]} 2002
• Samurai Invasion: Japan's Korean War, 1592–1598,^{[permanent dead link]} 2002
• War in Japan: 1467–1615,^{[permanent dead link]} 2002
• Genghis Khan & the Mongol Conquests 1190–1400,^{[permanent dead link]} 2003
• Japanese castles, 1540–1640,^{[permanent dead link]} 2003
• Japanese Warrior Monks AD 949–1603,^{[permanent dead link]} 2003
• Kawanakajima 1553–1564: Samurai Power Struggle,^{[permanent dead link]} 2003
• Ninja AD 1460–1650,^{[permanent dead link]} 2003
• Tannenberg 1410: Disaster for the Teutonic Knights, 2003
• The Walls of Constantinople: AD 324–1453,^{[permanent dead link]} 2004
• Warriors of Medieval Japan,^{[permanent dead link]} 2005
• Samurai Commanders, 2005
• Samurai: the world of the warrior,^{[permanent dead link]} 2006
• The Samurai Swordsman: Master of War, 2008

• British Association for Japanese Studies, Cannon Prize.^[2]

• Turnbull, Stephen R. at Virtual International Authority File (VIAF)