Wallace Breem

Wallace Breem

Wallace Breem (1926–1990) was a British librarian and author, the "Librarian and Keeper of Manuscripts"of the Inner Temple Law Library at his death, but perhaps more widely known for his historical novels, including the classic "Eagle in the Snow" (1970).

At the age of 18, Breem entered the Indian Army’s Officers Training School, and in 1945 was commissioned as an officer of the Corps of Guides, an elite Cavalry detachment of the North West Frontier Force.

After the Partition of India in 1947, Breem returned to England and held a variety of jobs which included labourer in a tannery, assistant to a veterinary surgeon, and rent-collector in the East End of London. He eventually joined the library staff of the Inner Temple in London, in 1950.

Breem was a founder member of BIALL (British and Irish Association of Law Librarians), and at various times held the offices of Secretary, Treasurer, Chairman, Vice-President, and President in that organization.

Legacy

In 1990, BIALL inaugurated the Wallace Breem Award in his memory.

Non-fiction writings

Breem made many notable contributions to works of scholarship, including the "Manual of Law Librarianship", the "New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature", and various papers, reports, articles, and Standards.
* [http://www.innertemplelibrary.org.uk/library-history/library-history.htm "A Sketch of the Inner Temple Library"]
*"Bibliography of Commonwealth Law Reports" (with Sally Phillips, Mansell 1991)

Novels

*"Eagle in the Snow" (Gollancz 1970, Sphere 1971), republished 2002, 2003, 2004.
*"The Legate’s Daughter" (Arrow Books 1975), republished 2004.
*"The Leopard and the Cliff" (St. Martin's Press 1978).

External links

* [http://www.biall.org.uk/photos/WallBreem.jpgPhotograph of Wallace Breem]
* [http://speleotrove.com/breem/ Wallace Breem – some biographical notes]


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