| LC control no. | n 83014320 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Brook, Michael |
| Variant(s) | Brook, Michael Frederick Cecil, 1926-2008 |
| Associated country | Great Britain England United States |
| Associated place | Nottingham (England) Minnesota |
| Birth date | 1926-10-01 |
| Death date | 2008-03-27 |
| Field of activity | Library science Local history |
| Affiliation | University of Nottingham. Library Minnesota Historical Society Thoroton Society |
| Profession or occupation | Librarians Historians |
| Found in | His A bibliography of British labour history, 1945-54, 1963. Info. converted from 678, 2012-10-02 (b. 10/1/26) Google search, 2009 Feb 11 (d. 27 Mar. 2008) An introductory bibliography of the hosiery and lace industries in Nottingham and district to 1920: t.p. (Michael Brook) BL auth. file, viewed 28 October 2015 (access point: Brook, Michael; BL AL : Michael Brook, born 1 October 1926) Thoroton Society website, viewed 28 October 2015: News for Summer 2008 page (Obituary - Michael Brook (1926-2008); Michael Frederick Cecil Brook, formerly Special Collections Librarian at Nottingham University, died on 27 March 2008. He lived in the United States and spent ten years in Minnesota Historical Society's library, publishing his valuable Reference Guide to Minnesota History in 1974, with a supplement in 1983; he also found a special interest in the Swedish and other Scandinavian immigrant communities in Minnesota. In 1972 he became Special Collections Librarian at Nottingham University Library. Is the co-author of Introductory Bibliography of the Hosiery and Lace Industries in Nottingham and of A Nottinghamshire Bibliography: Publications on Nottinghamshire History Before 1998. He was also a local historian and a member of the Thoroton Society) |
| Associated language | eng |
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