Ernle Dusgate Selby Bradford (11 January 1922 – 8 May 1986) was a noted 20th-century British historian specializing in the Mediterranean world and naval topics.[1][2][3][4] He was also an authority on antique jewellery and was the founder editor of the Antique Dealers and Collector's Guide.[1][5][6]
Bradford was the son of Jocelyn Ernle Sydney Patton Bradford MBEMC,[7][8] and his wife, Ada Louise Dusgate.[9] He was born in Cole Green, Norfolk and educated in England at Uppingham School.[1][10] He served in the Royal Navy during World War II, initially as an Ordinary Seaman but rising to the rank of first lieutenant of a Hunt Class Destroyer.[11]
A keen yachtsman himself, Bradford spent almost 30 years sailing the Mediterranean, and many of his books are set there.[12][13][14] His book, The Journeying Moon describes some of these voyages.[15] It ends with the sale of his Bristol Channel Pilot Cutter, Mischief, to HW Bill Tilman, who made a number of significant voyages in it to high latitudes.[16]
A sometime BBC broadcaster and magazine editor, Bradford was also a prolific author and popular historian, many of his books remaining in print to this day.[9] He regularly wrote letters to the British press, in particular The Times and Country Life, on matters of history and sailing.[17][18]
Bradford lived in Kalkara, on Malta for a number of years, this also being where he died, and where a commemorative marble plaque exists to his memory and a street next to his old home is named after him.[9]
List of works
Contemporary Jewellery and Silver Design (Heywood & Co., 1950).
Four Centuries of European Jewellery (Country Life, 1953).
The Journeying Moon (Jarrolds, 1958); reprinted as: The Journeying Moon: Sailing into History.
English Victorian Jewellery (Country Life, 1959).
The Mighty Hood: The Life and Death of the Royal Navy's Proudest Ship (Hodder & Stoughton, 1959).[19]
The Wind Off the Island (Hutchinson, 1960); reprinted as: The Wind off the Island: A Portrait of Sicily and Life on the Mediterranean Sea.
US title: A Wind from the North: The Life of Henry the Navigator (Harcourt Brace, 1960); UK title: Southward the Caravels: The Story of Henry the Navigator (Hutchinson, 1961).
The Great Siege: Malta 1565 (Hodder & Stoughton, 1961); US title: The Great Siege (Harcourt Brace, 1961).
Drake. A Biography (Hodder & Stoughton, 1965); US edition: The Wind Commands Me: A Life of Sir Francis Drake (Harcourt, 1965); subsequently reprinted as Drake: England's Greatest Seafarer.
(Editor) The Siege of Malta 1565: Translated from the Spanish Edition of 1568 by Francisco Balbi di Correggio (Folio Society, 1965); reprinted by the Boydell Press, 2011.
Wall of England: The Channel's 2000 Years of History (Country Life, 1966); USA: Wall of Empire: The English Channel (Barnes, 1966).
The Great Betrayal: Constantinople 1204 (Hodder & Stoughton, 1967); USA: The Sundered Cross: The Story of the Fourth Crusade (Prentice Hall, 1967).
The Sultan's Admiral: The Life of Barbarossa (USA: Harcourt Brace, 1968; UK: Hodder & Stoughton, 1969).
The Shield and the Sword: The Knights of Malta (HarperCollins, 1972); US edition: The Shield and the Sword: The Knights of St. John, Jerusalem, Rhodes and Malta (Dutton, 1973).
^Bradford, Ernle (1971). Mediterranean: Portrait of a Sea. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc. pp. 574. ISBN0-15-158584-9.
^Bradford, Ernle (10 November 2014). "Gibraltar: the History of a Fortress". Open Road Media – via Open WorldCat.
^Bradford, Ernle (10 November 2014). Paul the traveller: St. Paul and his world. OCLC 933438606.
^Bradford, Ernle (10 November 2014). "The Great Ship". Open Road Media – via Open WorldCat.
^Bradford, Ernle (10 November 2014). . Open Road Media. Archived from the original on 10 November 2019. Retrieved 10 November 2019 – via Open WorldCat.
^Bradford, Ernle (19 August 2014). The Journeying Moon: Sailing Into History. Open Road Integrated Media, Incorporated. ISBN9781497637917 – via Google Books.
^Bradford, Ernle Dusgate Selby (28 October 1974). The Mighty Hood. White Lion Publishers. ISBN9780856171086 – via Google Books.
^Bradford, Ernle Dusgate Selby (28 October 1972). Gibraltar: the History of a Fortress. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. ISBN9780151355501 – via Google Books.
^Bradford, Ernle (19 August 2014). The Great Ship: How Battleships Changed the History of War. Open Road Integrated Media, Incorporated. ISBN9781497637894 – via Google Books.
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Ernle Dusgate Selby Bradford 11 January 1922 8 May 1986 was a noted 20th century British historian specializing in the Mediterranean world and naval topics 1 2 3 4 He was also an authority on antique jewellery and was the founder editor of the Antique Dealers and Collector s Guide 1 5 6 Ernle Dusgate Selby BradfordBorn 1922 01 11 11 January 1922Cole Green Norfolk EnglandDied8 May 1986 1986 05 08 aged 64 Kalkara MaltaNationalityBritishEducationUppingham SchoolKnown forAuthor historian and sailorLife EditBradford was the son of Jocelyn Ernle Sydney Patton Bradford MBE MC 7 8 and his wife Ada Louise Dusgate 9 He was born in Cole Green Norfolk and educated in England at Uppingham School 1 10 He served in the Royal Navy during World War II initially as an Ordinary Seaman but rising to the rank of first lieutenant of a Hunt Class Destroyer 11 Street in Kalkara Malta named after BradfordA keen yachtsman himself Bradford spent almost 30 years sailing the Mediterranean and many of his books are set there 12 13 14 His book The Journeying Moon describes some of these voyages 15 It ends with the sale of his Bristol Channel Pilot Cutter Mischief to HW Bill Tilman who made a number of significant voyages in it to high latitudes 16 A sometime BBC broadcaster and magazine editor Bradford was also a prolific author and popular historian many of his books remaining in print to this day 9 He regularly wrote letters to the British press in particular The Times and Country Life on matters of history and sailing 17 18 Bradford lived in Kalkara on Malta for a number of years this also being where he died and where a commemorative marble plaque exists to his memory and a street next to his old home is named after him 9 List of works EditContemporary Jewellery and Silver Design Heywood amp Co 1950 Four Centuries of European Jewellery Country Life 1953 The Journeying Moon Jarrolds 1958 reprinted as The Journeying Moon Sailing into History English Victorian Jewellery Country Life 1959 The Mighty Hood The Life and Death of the Royal Navy s Proudest Ship Hodder amp Stoughton 1959 19 The Wind Off the Island Hutchinson 1960 reprinted as The Wind off the Island A Portrait of Sicily and Life on the Mediterranean Sea US title A Wind from the North The Life of Henry the Navigator Harcourt Brace 1960 UK title Southward the Caravels The Story of Henry the Navigator Hutchinson 1961 The Great Siege Malta 1565 Hodder amp Stoughton 1961 US title The Great Siege Harcourt Brace 1961 The Touchstone Cassell 1962 Ulysses Found Hodder amp Stoughton 1963 The Companion Guide to the Greek Isles Collins 1963 reprinted many times Three Centuries of Sailing Country Life 1964 The America s Cup Country Life 1964 Drake A Biography Hodder amp Stoughton 1965 US edition The Wind Commands Me A Life of Sir Francis Drake Harcourt 1965 subsequently reprinted as Drake England s Greatest Seafarer Editor The Siege of Malta 1565 Translated from the Spanish Edition of 1568 by Francisco Balbi di Correggio Folio Society 1965 reprinted by the Boydell Press 2011 Wall of England The Channel s 2000 Years of History Country Life 1966 USA Wall of Empire The English Channel Barnes 1966 The Great Betrayal Constantinople 1204 Hodder amp Stoughton 1967 USA The Sundered Cross The Story of the Fourth Crusade Prentice Hall 1967 The Sultan s Admiral The Life of Barbarossa USA Harcourt Brace 1968 UK Hodder amp Stoughton 1969 Teach Yourself Antique Furniture English Universities Press 1970 Mediterranean Portrait of a Sea Hodder amp Stoughton 1971 Gibraltar The History of a Fortress Hart Davis 1971 20 Cleopatra Hodder amp Stoughton 1971 The Shield and the Sword The Knights of Malta HarperCollins 1972 US edition The Shield and the Sword The Knights of St John Jerusalem Rhodes and Malta Dutton 1973 Christopher Columbus Michael Joseph 1973 The Sword and the Scimitar The Saga of the Crusades Victor Gollancz 1974 Paul the Traveller Saint Paul and his World Allen Lane 1974 Nelson The Essential Hero Macmillan 1977 The Year of Thermopylae Macmillan 1980 also published as Thermopylae The Battle for the West Hannibal Macmillan 1981 republished by The Folio Society 1996 with an introduction by Kenneth McLeish The Story of the Mary Rose Hamish Hamilton 1982 Julius Caesar The Pursuit of Power Hamish Hamilton 1984 Siege Malta 1940 1943 Hamish Hamilton 1985 The Great Ship Hamish Hamilton 1986 reprinted as The Great Ship How Battleships Changed the History of War 21 References Edit a b c Obituary in The Daily Telegraph Friday May 9 1986 p 16 Miller Judith 28 September 1986 Malta Where Suleiman Laid Siege The New York Times Bradford Ernle 10 November 2014 Great siege malta 1565 Open Road Media OCLC 933438608 Bradford Ernle 10 November 2014 Christopher Columbus Open Road Media via Open WorldCat Evans Joan 1 January 1989 A History of Jewellery 1100 1870 Courier Corporation ISBN 9780486261225 via Google Books Heywood Advertiser Friday 11 October 1968 p 22 Supplement toThe London Gazette Tuesday the 17th of April 1945 Number 37040 p 2077 Supplement to The London Gazette 10 January 1920 p 488 a b c FYCA Page Ernle Bradford AM Heath Literary Agents Bradford Ernle 1971 Mediterranean Portrait of a Sea Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Inc pp 574 ISBN 0 15 158584 9 Bradford Ernle 10 November 2014 Gibraltar the History of a Fortress Open Road Media via Open WorldCat Bradford Ernle 10 November 2014 Paul the traveller St Paul and his world OCLC 933438606 Bradford Ernle 10 November 2014 The Great Ship Open Road Media via Open WorldCat Bradford Ernle 10 November 2014 The Journeying Moon Open Road Media Archived from the original on 10 November 2019 Retrieved 10 November 2019 via Open WorldCat Bradford Ernle 19 August 2014 The Journeying Moon Sailing Into History Open Road Integrated Media Incorporated ISBN 9781497637917 via Google Books The Times January 1 1963 p 11 The Times April 11 1963 p 8 Bradford Ernle Dusgate Selby 28 October 1974 The Mighty Hood White Lion Publishers ISBN 9780856171086 via Google Books Bradford Ernle Dusgate Selby 28 October 1972 Gibraltar the History of a Fortress Harcourt Brace Jovanovich ISBN 9780151355501 via Google Books Bradford Ernle 19 August 2014 The Great Ship How Battleships Changed the History of War Open Road Integrated Media Incorporated ISBN 9781497637894 via Google Books Portals UK Malta Biography Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ernle Bradford amp oldid 1154832355, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
