John Adair (author) John Adair (author) Professor John Eric Adair (born 18 May 1934) is a British academic who is a leadership theorist and author of more than forty books (translated into eighteen languages) on business, military and other leadership. Adair was born in Luton and educated at St Paul's School before undertaking his National Service as a second lieutenant in the Scots Guards from 1953 to 1955. Unusually, he served as adjutant of a Bedouin regiment in the Arab Legion and was briefly in command of the garrison of Jerusalem in the front line. He also studied at Hull Nautical College (where
Kurt Schmidt in September 1939. In about November 1940, he became commander of Luxembourg. Schmidt was the commander of the 702nd Infantry Division in Norway from September 1941 to September 1943. During his time in Norway he was promoted to "Generalleutnant", the highest rank he would hold. Generalleutnant Kurt Schmidt died on March 3, 1945 in Aalsmeer whilst commander of the 526th Reserve Division. He was first buried at the Nieuwe Oosterbegraafplaats in Amsterdam but later re-buried at the Ysselsteyn German war cemetery. Kurt Schmidt Kurt Schmidt (April 9, 1891—March 3, 1945) was a German Generalleutnant during the Second World War who