Ehrman, John (Patrick William)

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EHRMAN, John (Patrick William)

EHRMAN, John (Patrick William). British, b. 1920. Genres: History, Biography. Career: Chairman, National Manuscripts Conservation Trust, 1989-94. Member, Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, 1973-94. Fellow, Trinity College, Cambridge, 1947-52; Historian, Cabinet Office, 1948-56; Lees Knowles Lecturer, Cambridge University, 1957-58; Vice President, Navy Records Society, 1968-70 and 1974-76; Member, Reviewing Committee on Export of Works of Art, 1970-76; Trustee, National Portrait Gallery, London, 1971-85; Chairman, Advisory Committee, British Library Reference Division, 1975-84; James Ford Special Lecturer, Oxford University, 1976-77. Chairman, Panizzi Foundation Selection Council, 1983-89. Publications: The Navy in the War of William III, 1689-1697, 1953; Grand Strategy, 1943-1944, 1956; Grand Strategy, 1944-45, 1956; Cabinet Government and War, 1890-1940, 1958; The British Government and Commercial Negotiations with Europe, 1783-1793, 1962; The Younger Pitt, The Years of Acclaim, 1969; The Reluctant Transition, 1983; The Consuming Struggle, 1996. Address: The Mead Barns, Taynton, Burford, Oxon. OX18 4UH, England.

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