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'''Arthur Granville Bradley''' (11 November 1850, [[Rugby, Warwickshire]] – 11 January 1943) was a British historian and an author of numerous books.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Bradley, Arthur Granville|magazine=Who's Who|year=1907|volume= 59|page=202|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yEcuAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA202}}</ref> His father was [[George Bradley (priest)|George Bradley]], Dean of Westminster.
'''Arthur Granville Bradley''' (11 November 1850, [[Rugby, Warwickshire]] – 11 January 1943) was a British historian and an author of numerous books.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Bradley, Arthur Granville|magazine=Who's Who|year=1907|volume= 59|page=202|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yEcuAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA202}}</ref> His father was [[George Granville Bradley]], Dean of Westminster.


==Biography==
==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.<ref>{{acad|BRDY869AG|name=Bradley, Arthur Granville}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{acad|BRDY869AG|name=Bradley, Arthur Granville}}</ref>


==Works==
==Works==
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*The Rivers and Streams of England. ''Adam and Charles Black'' 1909.
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Arthur Granville Bradley (11 November 1850, Rugby, Warwickshire – 11 January 1943) was a British historian and an author of numerous books.[1] His father was George Granville Bradley, Dean of Westminster.

Biography

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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

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  • Wolfe. 1895.[3]
  • Sketches from Old Virginia. 1897.
  • Highways and Byways in North Wales. 1898.
  • The Fight with France for North America. A. Constable and co. 1900.
  • Highways and Byways in the Lake District. 1901.
  • Owen Glyndwr and the Last Struggle for Welsh Independence. Heroes of the nationsv. 33. Putnam. 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 Dorchester. 1905.
  • Captain John Smith. 1906.[5]
  • In the March and Borderland of Wales. Houghton. 1906.
  • Round about Wiltshire. 1907.
  • Lord Dorchester. 1907.
  • The Making of Canada. 1908.
  • The Rivers and Streams of England. Adam and Charles Black 1909.
  • The Romance of Northumberland. A. C. McClure. 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. Constable and company. 1913.
  • Clear Waters. Houghton Mifflin company. 1914.
  • An Old Gate of England. 1918.
  • A Book of the Severn. 1920.
  • In Praise of North Wales. Houghton, Mifflin. 1925.
  • Exmoor Memories. 1926.

References

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  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. ^ Creighton, Mandell; Winsor, Justin; Gardiner, Samuel Rawson; Poole, Reginald Lane; Edwards, Sir John Goronwy (January 1902). "Review: Owen Glyndwr, by A. G. Bradley". The English Historical Review: 192–193.
  5. ^ "Review: Captain John Smith, by A. G. Bradley". The London Quarterly and Holborn Review. 105: 149–150. 1906.
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