Arthur Granville Bradley

Arthur Granville Bradley (11 November 1850, Rugby, Warwickshire – 11 January 1943) was an historian and author of numerous books.^[1] His father was George Bradley, Dean of Westminster.

Biography

A. G. Bradley was educated at Marlborough College and Trinity College Cambridge. He spent several years farming in Virginia. Upon his return to England, he became a colonial agent in Westminster. From 1897 to 1926 he was a prolific author of books. In 1874 he married a surgeon's daughter Florence Rackham; they had one daughter.^[2]

Works

• Wolfe. 1895.^[3]
• Sketches from Old Virginia. 1897.
• Highways and Byways in North Wales. 1898.
• The Fight with France for North America. 1900.
• Highways and Byways in the Lake District. 1901.
• Owen Glyndwr and the Last Struggle for Welsh Independence. 1901.^[4]
• Highways and Byways in South Wales. 1903.
• Canada in the Twentieth Century. 1903.
• "Chapter IV. The Conquest of Canada (1744–1761)". The Cambridge Modern History, vol. 7. 1903.
• Life of Guy Carleton, Lord Worchester. 1905.
• Captain John Smith. 1906.^[5]
• In the March and Borderland of Wales. 1906.
• Round about Wiltshire. 1907.
• Lord Dorchester. 1907.
• The Making of Canada. 1908.
• The Romance of Northumberland. 1909.
• Wiltshire. Cambridge County Geographies. 1909.
• The Avon and Shakespeare's Country. 1910.
• Britain across the Seas, America. 1911.
• The Gateway of Scotland. 1912.
• Herefordshire. Cambridge County Geographies. 1913.
• Other Days, Recollections of Rural England and Old Virginia, 1860–1880. 1913.
• Clear Waters. 1914.
• An Old Gate of England. 1918.
• A Book of the Severn. 1920.
• In Praise of North Wales. 1925.
• Exmoor Memories. 1926.

References

1. "Bradley, Arthur Granville". Who's Who. Vol. 59. 1907. p. 202.
2. "Bradley, Arthur Granville (BRDY869AG)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
3. "The Hero of Quebec; Wolfe. By A. G. Bradley". NY Times. 21 July 1895.
4. "Review: Owen Glyndwr, by A. G. Bradley". The English Historical Review: 192–193. Jan 1902.
5. "Review: Captain John Smith, by A. G. Bradley". The London Quarterly and Holborn Review 105: 149–150. 1906.

External links

• Works by Arthur Granville Bradley at Project Gutenberg
• Works by or about Arthur Granville Bradley at Internet Archive