Ernle Bradford

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Ernle Bradford (born January 11, 1922 in Cole Green, Norfolk , † May 8, 1986 in Malta ; actually Ernle Dusgate Selby Bradford ) was an English writer and historian with a focus on the history of the sea and the Mediterranean.

Live and act

The officer's son Bradford attended Uppingham School in Rutland . He began to write at the age of 16, joined the Royal Navy at 18 and left it at the end of World War II as a captain lieutenant (first lieutenant). After the war he was a radio announcer for the BBC , publisher of a collectors' magazine, avid sailor who crossed the Atlantic several times, and angler .

He traveled large parts of the Mediterranean with his boat , which was then processed by him in his books (e.g. "Reisen mit Homer" ). He provided many indications that the Greek poet Homer describes many real locations, paths and phenomena in the Mediterranean in his poem Odyssey , which suggests that the Odyssey is based on experiences on a route through the western Mediterranean.

In 1967 Bradford moved to Kalkara on Malta , where he lived with his wife and son to their death with a view over the Grand Harbor of La Valletta. Among other things, he translated the Chronicle of the Siege of Malta by Francesco Balbi di Correggio from the Spanish original.

Works (selection)

Biographies
travel Guide
  • The Greek islands. A guide ("The companion guide to the Greek Islands", 1973). 6th edition Prestel, Munich 1985, ISBN 3-7913-0237-X .
  • Traveling with Odysseus . To the most beautiful islands, coasts and sites of the Mediterranean (“Ulysses found”, 1963). New edition Insel-Verlag, Frankfurt / M. 1999, ISBN 3-458-34208-7 (former title: Traveling with Homer ).
Historical representations
  • Bastion in the Mediterranean. The Siege of Malta 1940–1943 ("Siege. Malta 1940–1943", 1985). Universitas-Verlag, Munich 1986, ISBN 3-8004-1123-7 .
  • Johanniter and Maltese . The history of the order of knights ("The shield and the sword", 1973). Ullstein, Ullstein 1995, ISBN 3-548-34429-1 (former title: Cross and Sword ). German first edition 1983 Universitas-Verlag Berlin.
  • The shield of Europe. The fight of the Knights of Malta against the Turks in 1565 (“The great siege”, 1988). Ullstein, Frankfurt / M. 1999, ISBN 3-548-34912-9 (Siege of Malta 1565)
  • The betrayal of 1204. The destruction and sack of Constantinople (“The great betrayal”, 1975). Heyne, Munich 1980, ISBN 3-453-48066-X (former title: Verrat am Bosporus ). German first edition 1978 Universitas-Verlag Berlin.
  • Capital ships. Fortresses at sea ("The great ship", 1986). Ullstein, Frankfurt / M. 1991, ISBN 3-548-22349-4 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The father, Jocelyn Ernle Sidney Patton Bradford, was a major; Bradford, shield, foreword.
  2. ↑ Antique Dealer's and Collectors Guide; Bradford was considered an authority on jewelery and silver; Archive link ( memento from November 20, 2008 in the Internet Archive ). Bradford was also the author of collector's works (Antique Collecting, Antique Furniture, Collector Plates, Dictionary of Antiques).
  3. ↑ Christoph Hönig: Homer's Odyssey - just a boatman's tale? Lecture to the Humboldt Society. February 10, 2006, accessed December 16, 2014 .
  4. ^ Bastion in the Mediterranean , foreword by the author

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personal data
SURNAME Bradford, Ernle
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bradford, Ernle Dusgate Selby (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English writer
DATE OF BIRTH January 11, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Cole Green, Norfolk
DATE OF DEATH May 8, 1986
Place of death Malta