Professor John Selwyn Bromley (1913–17 April 1985), was a prominent

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Biography

Born in 1913, John Selwyn Bromley was educated at

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and at

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. He joined the

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and was Private Secretary to the

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between 1941 and 1946. He was

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, between 1947 and 1960, and

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at the

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, between 1960 and 1977. He published widely and is best known for Volume VI of the ''

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'', published in 1970. Professor John Selwyn Bromley died in

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on 17 April 1985, aged 71.Obituary, ''

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'', vol.71, issue 3, 1985, pp. 285–286

Publications

*''Corsairs and Navies, 1660–1760'', 1987 *''The Clockmakers' Library : the catalogue of the books and manuscripts in the library of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers'', 1977 *''Britain and the Netherlands, Volume V, Some Political Mythologies : papers delivered to the fifth Anglo-Dutch Historical Conference eld at the University of Southampton, September, 1973', 1975 *''The Manning of the Royal Navy : selected public pamphlets, 1693-1873'', 1974-1976 *''Statesmen, Scholars and Merchants : essays in eighteenth-century history presented to Dame Lucy Sutherland'', 1973 *''

- Volume VI - The Rise of Great Britain and Russia, 1688-1715'', 1970 *''Metropolis, Dominion and Province : papers delivered to the Fourth Anglo-Dutch Historical Conference'', 1969 *''Britain and the Netherlands in Europe and Asia : papers delivered to the third Anglo-Dutch Historical Conference'', 1968 *''William III and Louis XIV : Essays 1680-1720'', 1968 *''Britain and the Netherlands : Papers delivered to the Anglo-Dutch Historical Conference, 1962'', 1964 *''History and the Younger Generation : an inaugural lecture delivered at the University on 28th November, 1961'', 1962 *''The Armorial Bearings of the Guilds of London : a record of the heraldry of the surviving companies with historical notes'', 1960 *''Britain and the Netherlands : papers delivered to the Oxford-Netherlands Historical Conference, 1959'', 1960 *''The Man of Ten Talents : A Portrait of Richard Chenevix Trench, 1807-86; Philologist, Poet, Theologian, Archbishop'', 1959 *''A Select List of Works on Europe and Europe Overseas, 1715-1815'', 1956-1974

References

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